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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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Firemen Support Darkness to Light!

Firemen Support Darkness to Light!

Last week we were ecstatic when we got word that the Mt. Pleasant Fire Department was going to train 100 Fireman in our upcoming August Prevent-a-thon. Soon after we’d heard the good news from Mt. Pleasant, we found out that the Charleston Fire Department was going to train all 304 of their Firemen in D2L’s … Read More

Missouri Efforts Create Stewards of Children

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Group raises awareness of child sexual abuse Robin Standridge is a mandated reporter. As a requirement of her profession — as the drug-free communities director for the Alliance of Southwest Missouri and as a director and organizer for several children’s organizations — she is required to report any instance in which she … Read More
Jamaican organisations enlightened on child sexual abuse prevention

Jamaican organisations enlightened on child sexual abuse prevention

REPRESENTATIVES of 20 local organizations on Tuesday participated in a Darkness to Light “Stewards of Children” training workshop aimed at improving their skills to better detect and prevent child sexual abuse. The workshop, which was sponsored by the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) and held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, had representatives from the … Read More
Jeff Gordon Leads the Way in Supporting Abused Children through the Pepsi Refresh Campaign

Jeff Gordon Leads the Way in Supporting Abused Children through the Pepsi Refresh Campaign

Charlotte, N.C., June 4, 2010– Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon launched his Pepsi Refresh Project initiative today, seeking to refresh his community by supporting abused children treated at the Jeff Gordon Children’s Hospital in Concord, North Carolina. Now through June 23, Gordon’s fans and supporters are encouraged to join the campaign and vote … Read More