It’s Back to School season again! This is a time of growth, excitement, and renewal (some would even say starting over) for so many families — so what better time…
Author: Feather Berkower
Body-Safety Rules Are NOT Enough
April is Child Abuse Prevention month and I’ve been reflecting on what it will take to change the cultural norm of silence that allows child sexual abuse to thrive in…
Build Your Prevention Team - the Easy Way
“If I was handed this card before I abused, I’d probably walk right away.” Abuser in Treatment Parents are doing a great job teaching their children body-safety rules (yay!),…
How to Talk with Children About Consent
Learning about boundaries and consent is a process that takes place over many years. Here are examples of conversations you can have with your children at different ages. I’ve also…
3 Tips for Talking with Teens About Consent
With teens, you can have deeper conversations about consent. You can use more abstract terms like “consent” and “exploitation,” and guidelines such as “Trust your intuition” and “Set sexual boundaries.”…
5 Tips for Talking with Children about Consent
1. Be a model each and every day. If someone asks you to do something and you don’t want to, it’s okay to say “No.” Let’s say you’re carrying your…