Category: Parenting Safe Children
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Grandma Wants a Hug – Teachable Moment
The holidays are a time of greetings and affection, so it’s particularly important to remember that children and teens are safer when they get to choose when and with whom to show affection. If a family member or friend wants to greet your child with a hug or kiss, and your child does not want…
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When Children Play – a Teachable Moment
You’ve just eaten a big meal and the children, of all different ages, are restless. They want to go play while the adults linger over coffee. What kind of supervision is required to ensure everyone’s safety?Children can get into scenarios while playing which can be compromising. Remind kids to keep the doors open and review…
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Air Travel for the Holidays – Teachable Moment
Whether you are traveling over the holidays or sometime in 2017, here are some body-safety conversation tips for talking with your children about airport security, x-ray machines, and pat downs. Talk with children about airport and airplane rules. With young children (< age 8), have this conversation on the way to the airport. With older…
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Back to School 2016
This is your annual reminder to invite your day care or school personnel onto your prevention team by discussing your children’s body-safety rules with teachers, paraprofessionals, administration, and classroom volunteers. Download the free Parenting Safe Children Back-to-School Screening Packet and have a conversation with your day care or school staff. The packet is also useful…
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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…