In October 1999, a few months after the tragic school shooting at Columbine High School, a six-year-old asked me during our Kidpower classroom workshop, “What if someone starts shooting kids at our school?” Along with all the adults in the room, my heart sank at hearing this question that NO child should ever have to […]
“I have worked as a crisis-response consultant to help over a dozen schools and youth-serving organizations to recover after they have had to face a sexual abuse case in their community. In each case, people involved at all levels have said repeatedly, ‘Now that we have been through this, I would have done EVERYTHING in […]
In a school year like no other, all of us at Kidpower are grateful to the many educators who are giving so much time, energy, and caring to provide others with a sense of safety, belonging, and connection – in addition to supporting their learning! The dedication of teachers has mattered more than ever in […]
Part of the inspiration that led to Kidpower came from stories I heard from adults that started with the words, ‘IF ONLY…’ If ONLY, when my youth group leader dropped all the kids off except for me and then touched me in a way that my mom and dad said NEVER to let a man […]
Comme d’innombrables autres personnes, je me sens incroyablement triste face à la souffrance et à la destruction causées par la guerre en Ukraine et les guerres partout ailleurs ; par toute cette pandémie ; par la violence et les abus dans les familles et les communautés ; par les catastrophes naturelles ; et par les accidents tragiques.
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