Author: Feather Berkower
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You Asked for It!
Every spring, Parenting Safe Children introduces a new tool or campaign to help prevent child sexual abuse. I’m particularly excited about this new tool because you asked for it and you helped create it.You told me you wanted additional support in having conversations with caregivers about your children’s body safety and boundaries. And now I’m…
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Special Message for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Month
April is Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Month. In honor of the children in our lives, I call upon your courage and action.First, to all of the people out there who still believe that child sexual abuse doesn’t and won’t happen in their community, I urge you to acknowledge the irrefutable facts that approximately one in…
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“No Means No – Especially When it Comes from a Child”
Meg Stone gets it right in her blog post on Huffington Post. When you teach your child that it’s okay to say “No” around physical touch you are helping to keep your child safe from sexual abuse and also paving the way for healthy sexual development. Manners are great, but not when they compromise a…
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Parenting Safe Children Honors Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” Today we honor his life and legacy with a call to community service because our most pressing public health issues and national problems can only be addressed by bridging racial, economic, religious, and cultural divisions–and…
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Tips for Talking about Prevention over the Holidays
It’s the holiday season. Let’s talk prevention! Here are three specific suggestions for making child sexual abuse prevention a conversation topic with friends and family during your holiday. Invite friends and family into a conversation about keeping kids safe from child sexual abuse. Each person has his or her own communication style, but here are…
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The Courage to Speak Up for Kids
Parents frequently tell me how hard it is to talk with other adults about body safety and prevention, yet speaking up IS the foundation for keeping kids safe from sexual abuse. Genevieve, a Colorado mom, offers these words of encouragement: “When I attended Feather’s Parenting Safe Children workshop, the idea of screening caregivers, coaches, teachers,…