Kidpower prepares parents and other caring adults to take leadership in addressing the issues that can affect the safety and well-being of their children and teens – and shows them how to teach ‘People Safety’ skills to young people in ways that are effective, fun, and empowering.

Our program provides answers to the questions, “How can we teach our younger children to be safe without scaring them? How can we prepare our older children to balance their need for increasing independence with their safety? How can we help create positive social climates in our families, schools, and youth-serving organizations, so that negative behaviors such as bullying have less room to grow?”

Specific topics addressed include:

• What adults need to know about keeping their kids safe from bullying, violence, and abuse
• How to use Kidpower’s Underlying Principle to make choices that Put Safety First -ahead of embarrassment, inconvenience, or offense
• The Kidpower Child Protection Promise and Put Safety First Commitment
• How to create positive social climates for the young people in your life
• How to establish a common language about safety within your family
• How to advocate for your child’s emotional and physical safety
• How to intervene powerfully and respectfully when you see unsafe or disrespectful behavior
• How to make a safety plan for everywhere children go
• How to teach your child rules and skills to keep them safe without creating fear
• How to coach children so they are successful in learning and practicing safety skills
• How to motivate children to use these skills in daily life until they become established hab