Category: Coercion

Predators Are Always Looking for Openings. We Can’t Afford to Look Away.
Predators don’t wait for permission.
They don’t need a formal invitat [...]

🧒🏽 Not All Predators Are Men: Some Are Women
At Rosa’s Children, for children's sake, we do our best to tell the wh [...]
12 Alarming Facts About Girls Around the World
1. Nearly 1 in 4 adolescent girls who have been in a relationship exp [...]
🚨 Invisible but Deadly: 10 Signs a Girl’s Environment Might Be Coercive or Oppressive
(It's like carbon monoxide. You may not see it. But it can still take [...]
What If We’re Getting This Part Wrong?
There was a time that I had my child enrolled in martial arts for ye [...]
A Girl Shouldn’t Have to Earn Protection
Girls shouldn’t have to earn their safety.Not with obedience.Not with [...]
10 Dangerous Beliefs That Have Harmed Girls Around the World
Across time, cultures, and continents, girls have been burdened by bel [...]

The Consent Illusion: Why Girls Can’t Say Yes to Being Unsafe
We must never forget: girls are not here to prove their goodness by [...]

Sleepovers Aren’t Sacred—But Children’s Safety Is
Let’s talk about this label that keeps getting thrown around: “safet [...]

Teen Dating Violence: The Comeback Trap
One of the hardest things for people to understand is why someone—es [...]