The PSC Blog
Welcome to The PSC Blog, which features practical advice, prevention stories, and best practices on keeping your children safe from child sexual abuse.
-
Eyes, Ears, Nose – and Penis!
By Rachel, Colorado Mom I attended your Parenting Safe Children workshop a few weekends ago. That day, I went home and played a game with my 2-year-old son. I asked him to point to his eyes (check), ears (check), chin (check), knees (check), and then his penis. He gave me a blank stare. I was…
-
I Want Every Parent to Ask Me Five Questions
By Nancy James, Executive Director, Montessori Academy of Colorado When you walk into our school, you’ll see a sign, “Welcome, Montessori is about celebrating children and supporting a child’s independence—and we are a body-safe school. We added the last part because we want parents to know right away that we take child sexual abuse prevention…
-
My Heart Was Pounding
By Genevieve, Colorado Mom“When I attended the Parenting Safe Children workshop, the idea of screening caregivers, coaches, teachers, etc. around sexual abuse was very intimidating. My husband and I promised ourselves, however, that no matter how uncomfortable it was, we were going to talk with everyone about our daughter’s body safety.The first time I screened…
-
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…
-
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…
-
“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…