One proactive thing parents can do to be more involved in child safety is to ask the youth organizations that serve their children about the policies they have in place. Make sure organizations have all of the following: Policy for reducing or eliminating one adult/one-child situations. The policy should ensure that all activities can be …
This month we finalized a dramatic leap forward in our mission in the form of partnership with a group of large YMCA’s up and down the eastern seaboard. As an organization this means we are moving out of start-up phase and into a true large-scale operating phase. To support this evolution in our organization’s life, …
You may have heard the recent news about the international child pornography ring which was busted, and Warren Jeffs’ conviction on child sexual abuse charges. As disturbing as these stories are, it’s easy to overlook them as something that just doesn’t affect us. Chris Newlin, Executive Director of the National Child Advocacy Center recently responded …
Do you work with children as part of your job? If so, you have probably been made aware of your organization’s policies with respect to child protection. Here are a few great reminders about appropriate touching when caring for children in a work setting. * Appropriate touch to arms, upper back, head and hands only. …
Most of us excavate our secrets privately. And slowly. So did Kathryn Harrison — until, in 1997, she published “The Kiss,” an unsparing account of her predatory father and the sexual relationship he engineered with her when she was 20. “The Kiss” is an important book to many, and especially to Gretl Claggett (left, in photo), …
