Category: Parenting Safe Children
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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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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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I am a Radical Mama
by Julia Julian, Colorado MomI am a radical mama. I teach my children they are the boss of their bodies. In our family we do not keep secrets. We talk about everything. We listen to the good, the bad, and the ugly. NO means NO. We play “What if” games. We teach the names of…
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A Survivor Shares …
I regularly receive emails from survivors who experience healing and empowerment from the work of Parenting Safe Children. This one came from a woman who found us on Facebook and has been reading the guest blog posts about speaking up for kids. “I have been reading the guest blog posts of Parenting Safe Children with…
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A Survivor’s Path to Finding a Babysitter for Her Son
by Jessica, Colorado MomWhen I was pregnant with my son, I was online searching for some type of local organization or group that provided education around childhood sexual abuse. I had spent my childhood and early teen years being sexually abused and assaulted by a trusted family member. I wanted to protect my son, but…