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 […]
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 […]
Thanks to Kidpower, I’ve discovered the power to protect and empower my kids, despite the trauma of a difficult and painful childhood! “As a neglected and unprotected child, I was an easy target for sexual abuse by older boys as well as by the adults that I so desperately needed in order to have food […]
Thanks to supporters like YOU, I have powerful tools to protect my students with disabilities who are vulnerable to emotional abuse, and my students have learned to speak up for the help they deserve! “Sixteen-year-old Morgan is on the autism spectrum and has a family with many challenges. My heart sank when he said in […]
Thanks to supporters like YOU, our child learned how to speak up about the abuse she experienced with our neighbor. Every child needs these skills to be safe! “After her Kidpower workshop, my daughter Sasha asked to speak to me privately. She said, ‘Kidpower says problems should not have to be secret and that it’s […]
Thanks to Kidpower’s training, a child with profound hearing loss got help to escape physical abuse! “I teach a classroom of young children who are deaf and hard of hearing. The day after our specialized Kidpower workshop, six-year-old Elisa signed to me, “Kidpower says problems should not be secret!” She then showed me the marks […]
Lately, it seems that barely a week goes by that we don’t hear news of adults in positions of power or trust, accused or convicted of “sexual misconduct” in the workplace, domestic violence, sexually abusing young people in their care, and also about adult leaders who were told and ignored it. We believe that because […]
Many of the lessons and values we teach in Kidpower are thanks to my father, Raim Regelson and mother Lily Regelson. For this reason, I thought you would appreciate this tribute to Raim and a little about his last days, which I was fortunate enough to share and during which he taught me even more lessons. He was enormously proud of Kidpower and took a great deal of joy in coming to our conferences.
In the first year of Kidpower, I confessed to my friend Robert, who is one of our Founding Honorary Trustees, that I felt uncomfortable about having to ask people to donate. In an indignant voice, Robert told me, “You are just going to have to get over it, Irene! What if any of us saw […]
Thanks to supporters like YOU, Kidpower can help families cope with abuse, domestic violence, and other life situations that put them at greater risk! “As a child, I was harmed by someone our family knew and trusted. Kidpower skills for my parents and myself would have spared us so much suffering! Kidpower training taught me […]
The Kidpower Protection Promise
