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Stay up to date with our most recent news and resources!
Summer Safety Resources
Taking trips, going to camp, or spending more time on their own in the neighborhood can be great for kids in the summer. But changing routines and going to new places can also present new risks. Here are some resources providing simple steps parents can take and safety skills they can teach their kids before summer camp and recreational activities start, in ways that are fun and age-appropriate rather than scary.
“It’s a Small World After All!”
Whether you live nearby or far away, whether we speak often or have never spoken personally, I want to thank each and every one of you for your commitment to the safety and well-being of children and adults everywhere – and for never letting me forget that, “Though the oceans are wide and the mountains divide, it’s a small world after all!”
7 Positive Actions to Honor Child Abuse Prevention Month
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month in the US and some other parts of the world. We cannot take away the tremendous harm done by abuse in the past. We can and must do our best to protect the kids of today and tomorrow – and to help everyone who has suffered abuse as a child to find healing and hope.
Here are seven ways to take positive action.
Viral video of Mom teaching her daughter to say “NO!” makes us smile: Kidpower skills can help make us even safer
We want the family in the “Mother Teaches Daughter About Stranger Danger video to also learn the Kidpower skills of Stay Together, Move Away, and Check First – and how to teach children about Stranger Safety instead of Stranger Danger.
Happy International Women’s Day for Everyone
This day is not about women against men or men against women – but about PEOPLE who are FOR justice for everyone. Today, let’s celebrate the accomplishments of women and the progress we’ve made towards more equal rights as well as the work still to be done. And let’s honor the important ways that both women and men have furthered the empowerment of women and girls in each of our lives.
Useful Personal Safety Tips Handouts for Parents, Educators, Youth Group Leaders, Coaches, Health Care Providers, Law Enforcement Officials, Martial Artists, and Other Caring Adults
These handouts of personal safety tips in our workshops for parents and for teens and adults help everyone to develop a common understanding about being safe with people. Print these safety tips out to put on your refrigerator, post these links on your school or agency website, use in an educational presentation, and send to your online community
Miami Dolphins NFL Report – Taking a Stand Against Bullying
We encourage everyone in a leadership position to read and learn from this report and for the NFL to follow through with meaningful consequences for each person who participated in this unethical behavior either directly or by not taking responsibility to make it stop.
“I Can’t Find My Mom!” – A Bystander Intervention Success Story
Kidpower has taught me that bystanders sometimes hesitate or don’t help out because they think either they don’t know the right thing to do or they think that other people are in charge. I felt good about offering support to the daughter.
Changing Habits Through Kidpower Positive Practice™
Since 1989, Kidpower’s Positive Practice™ Teaching Method has helped countless people of all ages and abilities to change habits of using weak, rude, or other ineffective behavior to habits of using powerful and respectful behavior in their relationships with others,with themselves, and with the world around them.
Take a Stand for Safety: please donate to Kidpower today
Donating to Kidpower is a way to take a stand for safety. It’s a stand you can take in honor of past suffering that might have been avoidable.
The Gift of Safety: a donation today protects kids for years
Please join us in creating safety and preventing bullying, violence, and abuse by making a donation that helps bring services to people who face difficult life challenges.
Changing Childhood Rhymes, Stories, and Songs to Change Our World
It’s important to pay attention to the messages that we learned growing up that we might unconsciously pass onto our own kids.
What if you could help a bullied child?
Have you ever watched a child hurting - and felt powerless to help? Then you know how this mom felt as her child became a target of daily bullying. Her once-happy child became sad and miserable. Nothing they tried was helping. “I was desperately searching for help...
Register now for this free special event! “Teaching Safetypowers – LIVE”
I am excited to invite you to join our special online event "Teaching Safetypowers - LIVE!" . This unique and valuable program is FREE thanks to the generous support of Ability Central Philanthropy. I will be one of a powerful team of senior trainers leading this...
Wicked good Halloween safety tips – for a hauntingly good spooky season!
Halloween is just around the corner, and kids all over are excitedly anticipating the possibility of treats, costumes, special gatherings, and spooky surprises that are just-right scary – not TOO scary!