From Slurs to Justice: Why Racism Can’t Hide Behind a Screen
There’s a first time for everything.
The first time my son was called the N-word online, it happened while he was playing video games. He was hurt. H [...]
Children’s Instincts Are to Be Built Up, Not Torn Down
Children come into this world highly perceptive and noticing even small changes. Look how smart they are. Let's not take that away from them by enforc [...]
You Can Be Kind and Still…
Sometimes young people think kindness means being walked over or ignored. They may confuse kindness with weakness, or believe they have to choose betw [...]
Teaching Teens: What Real Protectors Look Like
As parents, we want our children to recognize the difference between someone who only pretends to protect and someone who truly creates safety. In [...]
Advocacy Lesson for Parents: The Face and the Engine
When it comes to systemic violation of rights, parents must know: the person standing in front of you is not always the full source of harm.
The pers [...]
Kids Creating Joy: 10-Year-Old Awarded Full-Ride Scholarship
Congratulations Kendall Rae Johnson!!!
I believe in creating joy and no one creates joy like children. Let us know about children creating joy in y [...]
Understanding Apotemnophilia: Neil Hopper and Lessons for Mental Health
Apotemnophilia is a rare paraphilia where a person experiences sexual arousal from the idea of having an amputation themselves (not simply being attr [...]
The Danger of Believing “Our Side” Can’t Harm Children
It’s okay to belong to a group—but when you convince yourself that your side is incapable of harm, you set yourself up for betrayal and become part [...]
The Role of Fear in Child Sexual Abuse
Fear is not just an emotion—it is a weapon. In the hands of an abuser, fear becomes a cage, locking children into silence and binding them with invi [...]
The Public’s Silence: How Child Predators Thrive in Plain Sight
Capable adults can seem pretty useless when it comes to stopping people who harm children. Here are some reasons why the public so often fails when it [...]
The Courage It Takes to Speak Truth
We must understand just how immense the courage is for a survivor to speak the truth about child sexual abuse.
This is not a truth that brings comfor [...]
Believe Them the First Time
Maya Angelou, a Survivor of child sexual abuse, left us with words that echo like a bell across generations: “When people show you who they are, b [...]
Real Courage Is Protecting—Not Violating—Boundaries
It takes far more courage to protect boundaries than it does to violate them.Teaching children to protect themselves pushes against the weight of [...]
Today’s Girls Are Teaching Us About Power and Sisterhood
Today’s girls are not just passive bystanders when their rights are trespassed upon. They are staging walkouts when theirSanctuary spaces are [...]
Encouragement for Parents: You’re Doing More Than You Think
Parenting is one of the hardest, holiest, and most important callings on earth. And yet, so often, parents only see what they didn’t get right. The [...]
How to Talk to Teens About Flattery and Favors
“You’re so mature for your age.”“You’re different from the others.”“I’ll do this for you… now you owe me.”
These are not harmless compliments. For [...]