Author: Feather Berkower
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To Monitor, or Not?
In the Parenting Safe Children workshop, I talk about the importance of teaching your children body-safety rules and the equal importance of screening caregivers. Here are some examples of applying screening principles around online safety: Screen the sites your children spend time on – and set limits. Screen friend lists periodically, just as you would…
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Your Online Safety Plan
While there are unique safety challenges specific to each form of technology, service, and app, here are ten general practices to support online safety. Keep your computer or tablet in a high-traffic area – e.g., the kitchen or family room. Set limits regarding the sites your kids are allowed to visit, and for how long.…
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Just the Facts, Folks – Online Abuse and How it Happens
[Part 1 in a 3-part series about Keeping Kids Safe Online.]According to the National Center for Exploited and Missing Children, one in five children (ages 10-17) has been sexually solicited online and nearly 60% of teens have received an email or Instant Message from a stranger—and half have responded back. For abuse to take place, online…
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Talking with a Youth Coach about Your Child’s Body Safety
Check out the latest screening video from Parenting Safe Children Just introduced, this video features a grandmother talking with a soccer coach about body safety in the soccer league and on the team. While watching it, you’ll see how this grandmother brings up the topic in a pro-active manner, asking multiple questions until she is…
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Talking with a Prospective Nanny about Your Child’s Body Safety
Check out the latest screening video from Parenting Safe Children! Just introduced, this video features a couple interviewing a nanny. While watching it, you’ll see how to bring up the topic of child sexual abuse prevention in a completely non-threatening way by asking several important questions about secrets and boundaries, and by focusing on your child’s…
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How is Your Child’s School Reducing the Risk of Child Sexual Abuse?
Talking with the Director Just as you would talk with the director about curriculum, teachers, meals, and play safety, it’s also important to ask about policies and practices that will help to keep your kids safe from sexual abuse. There have been far too many cases of sexual abuse in schools, to let this topic, however uncomfortable,…