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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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Happy Thanksgiving

We just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks so much for all that you do to help make Darkness to Light great.
The Vagina (and Penis) Dialogues

The Vagina (and Penis) Dialogues

It was a perfect afternoon for a bike ride, breezy and springtime bright. My husband, Bill, and I unloaded our bikes and passed them to our children, who stood waiting by our side. “I need a new seat,” I said nonchalantly, handing my bike to our daughter, 11. “This one really hurts my pubic bone.” … Read More
Child Sexual Abuse: Protecting Your Students & Your Business

Child Sexual Abuse: Protecting Your Students & Your Business

As a business working with many young children, it’s vitally important to protect your students and your business from the horror of child sexual abuse. Research shows that people who are sexually violated as children are far more likely to experience psychological problems often lasting into adulthood; devastating effects including Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, depression, suicide, … Read More
New children’s book, Gracie Finds Her Voice by Jacob  Williams

New children’s book, Gracie Finds Her Voice by Jacob Williams

Our good friends and facilitators Angela Williams and Tom Scales with Voice Today have released a new children’s book, Gracie Finds Her Voice, as part of their I Found My Voice Today program.  Through their brave mascots Gracie and Grant, they educate children about personal boundaries and the importance of open and honest communication. Children … Read More