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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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7 Steps to Protecting our Children-Step 3
Step 3: Talk about it. Children often keep abuse a secret, but barriers can be broken down by talking openly about it. Understand why children are afraid to tell. Know how children communicate and recognize they may tell parts of a story and will possibly shut down if you react negatively. Good communication is the … Read More
7 Steps to Protecting our Children-Step 2
By eliminating one adult/one child situations you can dramatically reduce the risk of child sexual abuse. Understand that abusers will become friendly with families in order to gain your trust and ultimately personal access to your child. Know the actions you can take to minimize the opportunity for abusers to gain access to children. Encourage … Read More
7 Steps to Protecting our Children-Step 1
In light of the attention child sexual abuse has been receiving lately, we thought it would be a great opportunity to revisit the 7 steps. So over the next week, we will be posting a step everyday. Step 1: Learn the facts. Understand the risks. Be aware of the threat that children face from CSA. Accept and acknowledge … Read More
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