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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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Redemption: A Story of Sisterhood, Survival, and Finding Freedom Behind Bars
At the age of 18, Stacey Lannert shot her father twice while he slept. He had sexually abused her from the age of 8, but the final straw came when he also began raping her younger sister. Lannert confessed and was found guilty of first-degree murder. The judge later said the mandatory sentence of life … Read More
Tri County Blue Ribbon Council
Recently Darkness to Light was asked to participate in a newly formed group of dynamic organizations focusing on abuse prevention and intervention. Our primary reason for coming together was to join efforts in our promoting of National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. We are hard at work organizing our events and trainings for the … Read More
St. Matthews Recognized as D2L “Partner In Prevention”
Have you heard of Partner in Prevention yet? If not, check it out on our website under “prevention programs”. I am proud to say that many Tri-County area groups are qualifying. As each group qualifies, you will see them recognized on our blog! A big congratulations to St. Matthews Lutheran Church! They are our most … Read More
Sexual Predator Gets 248 Years
“The name hit me. I repeated it to myself a couple of times. I got chills down my spine. I said to myself: ‘This is the guy who molested me.’ ” —Rick W. A hospital administrator, foster parent, and father of an adopted son abused boys for years and years. Christine Pelisek tells the full … Read More
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