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.
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Bathroom Panic
I’ve been asked many questions about transgender men and women using bathrooms and parental concerns about sexual abuse. The questions themselves sometime imply that transgender people are more likely to abuse and this reminds me of a similar myth that is still perpetuated about Gay men. Fact Check: Gender identity and same sexual orientation are…
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Three Questions Every Parent Should Ask This Summer!
It’s never too late to talk with your camp or summer program director about child sexual abuse prevention. Here are the three must-ask questions:1. Beyond background checks, what is the screening process for new hires? Look for camps & programs that have a three-part staff interview process: Background checks, personal interviews, and reference checks. Background…
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Prevention or Discrimination?
I’ve been asked a lot of questions lately about transgender men and women using bathrooms and parental concerns about sexual abuse. North Carolina’s House Bill 2 law and similar legislation ban people from using public bathrooms that do not correspond with their biological sex. Proponents of such legislation argue that it’s important because men might…
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Courageous Conversations & Tips Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Month
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Please join me in countering our culture of silence about child sexual abuse by speaking up and having Courageous Conversations. Child sexual abuse thrives in a culture of silence and opportunity, and by not speaking up, we leave children vulnerable. In fact, offenders have told me outright that they…
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PSC Launches Parenting Safe Children ONLINE Workshop
I am thrilled to announce the Parenting Safe Children Online Workshop, so parents and families across the United States and overseas have access to my popular program for raising children with strong body pride and for building communities that are off limits to child sexual abuse. The New Online WorkshopBased on the Parenting Safe Children…
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Speaking With Your Pediatrician
by a Colorado MomI took my eight-year-old daughter to the doctor because she was having some irritation around her vagina. I talked with her ahead of time and said that the doctor may need to look at her vagina. I repeated, as I have in the past, that it’s okay because I’ll be with her…