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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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Child Safety & Protection Collaborative of Centre County
“Centre County, PA leaders say child sexual abuse is not a matter of awareness-it is a matter of action.” That is why community leaders are partnering with Darkness to Light to teach adults how to better protect children in their community. The recently formed Child Safety and Protection Collaborative- consisting of members from the YMCA, … Read More
Delaware Doing Good Work
Predator educators: Social media can play role in school affairs Their names are like a wall of shame to Delaware educators because of the head-shaking and hand-wringing they caused in classrooms and communities. Dana Goodman. Timothy McDorman. Jason Stalnaker. John Thompson. They are among 12 Delaware educators who, since 2006, have been convicted of crimes … Read More
Durham meeting aims to raise awareness of child sexual abuse
Preventing sexual abuse of children and raising awareness of the problem were the main focus of a meeting this week in Durham and Chapel Hill at the downtown Durham YMCA. The Durham Center and The Chapel Hill YMCA have partnered with other groups in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Orange and Chatham counties to raise awareness … Read More
State College, PA Community Leaders Discuss Prevention
On the heels of Penn State child sexual abuse allegations, leaders from several Centre County organizations-including the United Way, YMCA, and Women’s Resource Center-have created the Child Safety and Protection Collaborative and are pushing several initiatives to make children safer. Dennis Ditmer, CEO of Centre County Y, says of this collaborative, “It just made sense … Read More
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