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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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Tonya Craft, Former Georgia Teacher, Acquitted of Molestation Charges
If you haven’t heard about the allegations against Georgia teacher Tonya Craft, catch-up HERE Now Here’s our take… The headlines read the same for most networks and cable news. But what is not being said is that verified research indicates that the vast majority of children who disclose sexual abuse are telling the truth. Adults … Read More
Michigan Senator Taking STEPS to Help CSA Victims
Senator John Gleason walks from Flushing to Lansing to build awareness for bill 1321, extending statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse FLUSHING, Michigan — A bill extending the statute of limitations for sexual abuse cases against minors is so important to Sen. John Gleason that he’s walking it to Lansing. Gleason, D-Flushing, set out … Read More
Responding effectively to abuse
Training program aims to teach adults how to prevent, address child sexual abuse BERRIEN SPRINGS – To keep children safe, adults tell them not to talk to strangers. But when it comes to preventing sexual abuse, that thinking is backwards, says Jamie Rossow, executive director of the Berrien County Council for Children. For one … Read More
Lily Pad Teams With Georgia to Launch Child Abuse Initiative
ALBANY, Ga. — In the long run, it costs less to prevent child abuse than it does to investigate it. In light of that, state and area officials have teamed up to launch the “Stewards of Children” initiative to combat the problem. The initiative, led by the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, is aimed at … Read More
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