12 Important Skills Your Child Will Learn from Body Safety Education

12 Important Skills Your Child Will Learn from ...

As a teacher, a mother and an advocate for Body Safety Education both at home and at school, I am very proud and very loud about the work I do....

12 Important Skills Your Child Will Learn from ...

As a teacher, a mother and an advocate for Body Safety Education both at home and at school, I am very proud and very loud about the work I do....

Top 15 Must-Have Children’s Books on Personal Safety and Emotional Health

Top 15 Must-Have Children’s Books on Personal S...

Keeping Kids Safe from Sexual Abuse 1. Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept by Jayneen Sanders Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept is a beautifully illustrated picture book that sensitively...

Top 15 Must-Have Children’s Books on Personal S...

Keeping Kids Safe from Sexual Abuse 1. Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept by Jayneen Sanders Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept is a beautifully illustrated picture book that sensitively...

Protect Your Child from Sexual Abuse

Protect Your Child from Sexual Abuse

The statistics on the sexual abuse of children are staggering. Some estimates place the incidence as high as 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused...

Protect Your Child from Sexual Abuse

The statistics on the sexual abuse of children are staggering. Some estimates place the incidence as high as 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused...

Pedophiles Groom Both the Child and the Family

Pedophiles Groom Both the Child and the Family

Up to 95% of child sexual abusers are male (Bagley, 1995). They can be single, married and have families of their own. Up to 1/3 of reported offenses are committed...

Pedophiles Groom Both the Child and the Family

Up to 95% of child sexual abusers are male (Bagley, 1995). They can be single, married and have families of their own. Up to 1/3 of reported offenses are committed...

Mindful, Resilient and Focused Learners

Mindful, Resilient and Focused Learners

As a mother of three teenage daughters and an experienced elementary school teacher, I am deeply concerned about our kids. Let me explain. Children today live in a world filled...

Mindful, Resilient and Focused Learners

As a mother of three teenage daughters and an experienced elementary school teacher, I am deeply concerned about our kids. Let me explain. Children today live in a world filled...

10 Confronting Child Sexual Abuse Statistics

10 Confronting Child Sexual Abuse Statistics

   1. 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. (Aust. Institute of Criminology, 1993) 2. In 95% of cases, the...

10 Confronting Child Sexual Abuse Statistics

   1. 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. (Aust. Institute of Criminology, 1993) 2. In 95% of cases, the...

Terrifying Statistics Linking Child Sexual Abuse and Porn Internet Use

Terrifying Statistics Linking Child Sexual Abus...

• European researchers (COPINE) … found 78% of offenders charged with downloading or possessing abusive images had abused children prior to, or soon after viewing images. On average, each offender...

Terrifying Statistics Linking Child Sexual Abus...

• European researchers (COPINE) … found 78% of offenders charged with downloading or possessing abusive images had abused children prior to, or soon after viewing images. On average, each offender...

Links Between Child Sexual Abuse and Internet Pornography

Links Between Child Sexual Abuse and Internet P...

As a teenager growing up in the seventies, I knew pornography existed through schoolyard chatter and discussion. I knew it existed in the form of magazines and videos — most...

Links Between Child Sexual Abuse and Internet P...

As a teenager growing up in the seventies, I knew pornography existed through schoolyard chatter and discussion. I knew it existed in the form of magazines and videos — most...

How to Educate Your Child in Body Safety

How to Educate Your Child in Body Safety

We teach our children water safety and road safety — it is equally important to teach our children ‘body safety’ from a very young age. As both a teacher and...

How to Educate Your Child in Body Safety

We teach our children water safety and road safety — it is equally important to teach our children ‘body safety’ from a very young age. As both a teacher and...

Our Last Taboo — Child Sexual Abuse

Our Last Taboo — Child Sexual Abuse

Every day I feel more and more hopeful that our last taboo in this our ‘modern’ and ‘forward-thinking society’ is being, not only discussed, but acted upon. The prevention of...

Our Last Taboo — Child Sexual Abuse

Every day I feel more and more hopeful that our last taboo in this our ‘modern’ and ‘forward-thinking society’ is being, not only discussed, but acted upon. The prevention of...

Why I Wrote Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept

Why I Wrote Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept

Many years ago when I was having a break from teaching, I worked as an editor at an educational publisher. One of the first books I ever edited was a...

Why I Wrote Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept

Many years ago when I was having a break from teaching, I worked as an editor at an educational publisher. One of the first books I ever edited was a...

Reassurance After a Child has Disclosed Sexual Abuse

Reassurance After a Child has Disclosed Sexual ...

As a parent of three teenagers, I was horrified to read of a mother and father’s reaction to their child’s rape at a friend’s party. The 14-year-old was drugged and...

Reassurance After a Child has Disclosed Sexual ...

As a parent of three teenagers, I was horrified to read of a mother and father’s reaction to their child’s rape at a friend’s party. The 14-year-old was drugged and...