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Our Guide to Modeling Healthy Boundaries this Holiday Season
One of the most important gifts we can give our children during the holiday season is the ability to understand and respect healthy boundaries. Boundaries are essential for creating healthy relationships and ensuring everyone feels respected and...
Darkness to Light Awards Scholarships to Organizations Advancing Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Efforts
Eight Organizations Receive $6,000 in Scholarships to Strengthen Child Protection Initiatives. We’re proud to honor our commitment to empowering adults to prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse by announcing the recipients of our...
Becoming an Advocate: Steps You Can Take to End Child Sexual Abuse
Becoming an advocate is a powerful commitment to protect children and create safer communities. It’s a role that calls for courage, empathy, and determination—and the impact can be truly life-changing. Child sexual abuse is far more common than most...
Safety in Seconds: Healthy Sexual Development
As children grow, they naturally become curious about their bodies and begin to explore what feels good and safe. This curiosity is a normal part of healthy development, and understanding it can empower adults to foster open, supportive conversations...
It’s the Spookiest Time of the Year!
Halloween safety can be tricky (see what we did there?). You have to hold allowing children to build independence and resilience in tension with maintaining a protective environment for your child. Kids need to learn to be savvy and street smart, but...
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Darkness to Light Recognized As One of “50 Nonprofits To Be Grateful For This Thanksgiving”
Along with the American Red Cross, FarmAid, National Geographic, and many other familiar names, Darkness to Light was named one of Nonprofit Tech for Good’s “50 Nonprofits To Be Grateful For This Thanksgiving.” We are thrilled to earn this honor. We’re also thrilled to see on this list the names of several organizations whose missions are to … Read More
Reporting Failure Leads to Criminal Prosecution
Last week, charges were filed against a Texas teacher and several administrators in response to a disclosure of child sexual abuse. Article written by Ericka Mellon and Cindy George of the Houston Chronicle, and posted on Nov. 21. Read the entire article here. Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson announced Friday that a warrant had … Read More
Protecting Our Children…Our Responsibility
By Virginia Baker, M.Ed. View original article here Learn more about D2L’s new Stewards of Children® curriculum, including The 5 Steps to Protecting Our ChildrenTM. http://www.d2lblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Baker-Protecting-Children-NBCDI-Child-Health-Talk-Fall-2013.pdf
YMCAs Launch Statewide Initiative to Keep Kids Safe
YMCAs throughout New Jersey, including the Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges, have joined forces with Darkness to Light to help educate adults in NJ on how to prevent child sexual abuse. Starting this week, New Jersey is launching an online training campaign, which allows anyone in the state of NJ to participate in a Stewards … Read More
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