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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 Re-Victimized in Court

Randy Ellison is using his voice to speak up for those who can’t and he is fired up about a recent sex abuse trial in Jackson County Oregon where a ten-year old child was forced to re-enact her abuse in court.  Hard to believe, yes, and Randy was left questioning why some public opinion seems … Read More

New Study Shows Media Underreport Child Sexual Abuse, Miss Key Aspects of Issue

Criminal justice focus leaves prevention out of the story BERKELEY, Calif., May 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Tens of thousands of children are sexually abused each year in the United States, yet news coverage of the subject is out of sync with both the magnitude of the issue and the context in which it occurs. This … Read More

Olga Trujillo Presentation in Charleston

Last Friday a group of us from D2L had the opportunity to attend a seminar called The Impact of Child Abuse: A Personal Journey Revealed presented by Olga Trujillo, J.D. Thank you to Libby Ralston and The Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center in Charleston for making this seminar possible. Olga Trujillo is an independent consultant, … Read More

Shane Alexander on Tour in the United States – Find a Concert Near You!

Musical Artist, Shane Alexander was so compelled by what we are doing at Darkness to Light that it inspired him to write “Look Out For Me”a touching and poignant song. Anne Lee, founder & CEO of Darkness to Light believes that Shane Alexander’s song “has captured the pure essence of childhood that every adult needs … Read More