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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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Is Your Congregation Safe from Child Sex Abuse?
Mark Serano was sexually abused by his priest. It can happen in your congregation, too. The crisis in the Roman Catholic Church is a stark reminder that people we love and admire may turn out to be sex offenders, capable of causing irreparable damage to young lives. Various studies indicate that a not-insignificant minority of … Read More
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A big pat on the back to anyone with a PREVENT child abuse tag!
Darkness to Light in Moberly, Missouri
Moberly, Mo. – Roman Polanski’s long-ago rape of a drugged 13 year-old finally lands him in jail. Jaycee Duggard, imprisoned by a pedophile for more than a decade, is freed. Queen Latifah and Tom Arnold tell their stories of sexual abuse, and Michael Jackson’s death brings old allegations of abuse to the surface again. What … Read More
D2L Voice of Courage Winner John Walsh on TODAY
John Walsh, a former Darkness to Light Voice of Courage Award recipient, gave an interview with Anne Curry on Today this morning discussing America’s child protection policies. “I think the safety of children should be as important as health care. I think it’s time to educate parents and children in the … Read More
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