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Stay up to date with our most recent news and resources!
Consent Skills for All Ages
Learning about consent isn’t just about sex. Children can start to learn the following Kidpower safety rules for safety with touch as soon as they can talk, and these rules stay relevant throughout their lives: Touch or games for play, teasing, and affection should be safe, ok with each person, allowed by the adults in charge, and not a secret.
With Liberty and Justice For All and The Right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
This loss of life is heartbreaking. In the last few days, at least two men of color have died after being shot by...
Almost Summer! Kidpower Tips for Having Fun and Staying Safe!
Here are some resources providing simple steps parents can take and safety skills they can teach their kids before year-end events, summer camps, and recreational activities start, in ways that are fun and age-appropriate rather than scary.
Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd! – Sharing a Dutch family tradition Please celebrate my 68th birthday by making life better for those you love
Join the “party” – teach everyone important to you a safety skill, make SURE they KNOW you care about their well-being, help to increase their understanding about how to protect themselves from harm and get along better with each other, and be fully in the moment so you can enjoy your time together.
Advice for a Worried Mom Whose Young Son Climbed Out of Her Reach
We recently got the following message from a worried mother who has given us permission to share her story. We took one of your classes...
Make the Kidpower Protection Promise to help stop child abuse, relationship violence, and bullying
Honor April as Child Abuse Prevention Month by making SURE kids know you care. Discuss the Kidpower Protection Promise with each young person in your life.
Empowering Every Person’s Well Being – Reach West Radio Show Interview About Kidpower
This interview on Kevin Grossman’s Reach West Radio Show with Kidpower Founder Irene van der Zande describes Kidpower’s “effective stretch” in seeking to empower the well being of every person on our planet – while keeping our quality high as we grow.
Stopping Negativity from Diminishing Our Lives
The lessons learned with the help of many wonderful people are the basis of many of the Kidpower emotional safety, boundary-setting, conflict resolution, and positive communication skills we teach.
WOW! Over 4 Million Served!
Kidpower has served over 4 MILLION people through our workshops, partnerships with other organizations, and educational resources like our books and articles. With your help, people all over the world are using Kidpower to make children, teens, and adults in their families, schools, organizations, workplaces, and communities safer, happier, and stronger.
How to Have More Fun and Fewer Problems during the Holiday Season
Kids and adults alike benefit from being able to speak up instead of suffering through intrusive games, conversations, affection, and other pressures that often become issues during the holidays.
5 Recommendations to Help a Child Recover From Severe Bullying
Five recommendations from Kidpower to help parents and other caring adults support a child who has been severely bullied to recover, to get support for their own upset feelings, and to protect their child from further bullying.
Double Your Donations to Kidpower on #GivingTuesday!
#GT All Gifts Matched Today! Kick off your holiday giving season with a charitable gift to Kidpower today, on #GivingTuesday, and it will be MATCHED dollar-for-dollar!
WOW! I’m almost 3/4 of a century old!!!
During my many adventures as a young adult, I think my guardian angel must have won a merit award – and gotten an ulcer. On April 27, 1972, during a several-month journey in Europe, seeking to find the meaning of life, I was walking alone through the tourist area of...
“I wish I could give my child a safer world!”
Kids are struggling with anxiety and stress because of the many issues impacting their daily lives.This is more than a topic in the news - it's what parents and teachers are telling us every day. Adults are upset and frightened and don't know what to do to keep kids...
Protect Young People From Labor Exploitation With Full Circle Safety
Child labor exploitation is headline news. Kidpower’s Full Circle Safety course empowers educators to help protect students from exploitation. People living in the United States and many other countries can fall into the Illusion of Safety, thinking that something as...