Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director, Author at Kidpower International

Take Charge of Your Family’s Summer Safety!

by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Jun 1, 2018

Use these Kidpower resources to keep kids safe this summer as they meet new people, go out more on their own, visit different places, and explore our beautiful world.

Respecting and protecting your personal information since 1989

by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | May 23, 2018

Since Kidpower was established in 1989, we have been committed to keeping people’s personal information private and to respecting their wishes about use of their information. Of course, the growth of the Internet has brought new challenges to protecting online privacy as well as new opportunities for sharing important resources – and we have been […]

3 Wise Wishes For My 70th Birthday

by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Apr 27, 2018

As a child, I always used to wonder about the foolish choices people in folk tales would make when they were granted three wishes, getting themselves into so much trouble with the first two wishes that they needed to waste their last wish to fix everything. Why didn’t they start by wishing for at least […]

Free Webinar: How can we protect our kids from sexual abuse without making them scared?

by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Apr 18, 2018

Every time the news is filled with yet another upsetting story about young people who were abused by someone in a position of trust, countless parents, guardians, and educators ask the same questions: How could this have happened? What do I need to do to keep it from happening to MY kids? How can I […]

FREE Resources to Protect Kids from Abuse

by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Mar 29, 2018

To honor Child Abuse Prevention Month this April, we encourage everyone to use and share the following free resources to keep our children and teens safe from harm and to prepare them to take charge of their safety. 1. Address the challenges that can increase the risks of abuse and make four important decisions to […]