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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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Dallas sports anchor opens up about sexual abuse

This news segment really struck me today.  See what Dallas sports anchor, Dale Hansen shares with his viewers.  (His commentary appears after the music video so stay tuned long enough hear what he says after).

Dialogue Brings Perspective, Public Attention to Child Sexual Abuse

Late December is always the time for reflection. We consider how our thinking has been affected by what we’ve learned during the past year, how it has changed behavior and, ultimately, altered some beliefs. Change in perspective on child sexual abuse may be 2011’s lasting legacy. But it is so much more than a year’s … Read More

Stop Abuse Campaign Includes Darkness to Light in DC Press Conference

As the author of I’m the Boss of Me! I was fortunate enough to be included in the Stop Abuse Campaign’s recent press conference in Washington, DC. I’m the Boss of Me! was written for Darkness to Light as a way to open a dialogue between young children and their caregivers, and gave me the … Read More

Partnering in Prevention Steering Committee

On December 8th and 9th YMCA CEOs, Darkness to Light, and The Redwoods Group Foundation came together to discuss child sexual abuse prevention. The Partnering in Prevention Steering committee was originally formed in August of this year, and the group continues to meet on a quarterly basis to further prevention efforts among YMCAs and their … Read More