Category: Body Safety
The Value of Young Black Lives Doesn’t End at Birth
Society has gotten mighty comfortable hounding women about their repro [...]
Did the U.S. Justice Department Remove Child Sex Trafficking Information? What Parents and Advocates Should Know
In 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice removed information about chil [...]
When Your College Student Is in Trouble: Build More Than One Layer of Support
Remembering Lauren McCluskey
Before we continue, I want to remember L [...]
Children Don’t Lose the Right to Safety When They Misbehave: The Bridgette Chocoteco Story
Fourteen-year-old Bridgette Chocoteco said something after being badly [...]
Stop Asking Which Group Is Worse: 7 Ways Tribal Loyalty Gets in the Way of Protecting Children
A child tells the truth.For one brief moment, everyone seems horri [...]
Some Truths About Child Safety Will Make People Angry. Say Them Anyway.
There comes a moment in child protection when everybody in the room ma [...]
We Told Girls to Speak Up. Now We Have to Listen.
When you listen to female Survivors of boundary violations, sexual har [...]
Girls Are Not the Solution to Boys’ Hurt Feelings
We need to talk about something that keeps getting quietly shuffled un [...]
NXIVM: The Story Behind Why We Teach Children About “Proving” Loyalty
Sometimes the clearest lessons for children come from watching what ha [...]
When Love Becomes a Hostage Situation: The Truth About Threats of Self-Harm
Did you know that threatening self-harm is a common tactic in coercive [...]