After a terrible tragedy like the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, countless parents, teachers, and other caring adults have to answer frightening questions from their children. Our job is to provide reassuring, truthful information in an age-appropriate fashion. Here how to protect children’s emotional safety right now as we are figuring out how to take action to prevent tragedies like this in the future.

At Kidpower, we want everyone to have a joyful, safe holiday season. You can have more fun and less problems by putting a clear, realistic Safety Plan in place with your children before you go out shopping or to public events. These tips from Kidpower can help to prevent meltdowns, getting lost, arguments, and accidents

Have you been thinking about learning to teach Kidpower? Now is the time to let us know! Our annual Kidpower Comprehensive Program Training, which is an essential part of the process of becoming certified to teach our program, will take place January 24th-29th, 2013 in Santa Cruz, California. We will accept applications until November 15 OR until [...]

Like many sexual predators, Jerry Sandusky, the former football coach who was recently convicted of child abuse, developed strong relationships of love and trust with his victims before molesting them. The stories told by his victims sound chillingly similar to the stories we hear from adult survivors of sexual abuse in our classes. “He was [...]

For Mother’s Day, The Kidpower Book to the mothers and mother figures in your life for their own use or in their honor to a school, library, or youth organization. Kidpower will e-mail a personalized note if you if you let us know.