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Stay up to date with our most recent news and resources!
Under-Reported School Violence – Kidpower Solutions and Skills
This recent Education Week News commentary describes the tremendous under-reporting of levels of school violence in the US. My guess is that this might be true in other countries as well.
Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist
Getting stuck in the details of what’s lacking and forever measuring ourselves against some impossible standard can diminish our joy and ability to keep the big picture of what we truly most want to accomplish in mind.
Protecting Against Sexual Assault Without Blaming the Victims – Kidpower Response to London “Wake Up to Rape” Study
When I was a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, the woman’s movement was just beginning to build understanding that sexual assaults were NOT the woman’s fault. Even if women were involved, as I was, in working on social justice issues, most of us believed that we only had ourselves were to blame if a man tried to harass or rape us.
Kidpower Self-Defense Strategy: Make Being Nice a Decision, Not an Automatic Habit
During our Fullpower and Teenpower self-defense workshops for adults and teens, we have students practice setting boundaries in role-plays about someone approaching them for help on the street.
Teaching Children About Persistence
Both children and adults have more power when they understand the meaning of powerful words, like persistence. Adults can help children learn to use their persistence by the following ways.
Safer Internet Day is Tomorrow! 9 online safety resources from Kidpower
Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day, a global effort to make the internet a safer place for all - especially young people! We have articles, videos, and many other resources you can use...
DOUBLE your gift to support Safety Leaders Worldwide!
Thank you to everyone who has supported Kidpower this year through donating, volunteering, teaching, and sharing. No matter where you live or what language you speak, as Safety...
I used to think I didn’t have any power…
Kidpower helped Ellen give her kids the skills she had lacked as a child… “I used to think I didn't have any power. A lot of unfortunate things happened to me all the way up...