by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Apr 2, 2019
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. As part of our global efforts to help protect kids from abuse, bullying, and other harmful behavior, each day this month, we will share a time-tested skill from our Kidpower® 30-Skill-Challenge Coaching Handbook. Skill #2: Stay Calm to Make Wiser Choices. Both kids and adults can think more clearly […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Apr 1, 2019
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. As part of our global efforts to help protect kids from abuse, bullying, and other harmful behavior, each day this month, we will share a time-tested skill from our Kidpower® 30-Skill-Challenge Coaching Handbook. Skill #1: Build confidence by taking in compliments. Today, give at least one kid or a […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Mar 6, 2019
I want to share with you my welcome letter in our 2018 Annual Report – and hope you will take a few moments to enjoy these heartwarming stories and photos about our work and wonderful progress. It is hard to imagine that Kidpower was started 30 years ago this coming June! As I look back, […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Feb 20, 2019
We sometimes ask our students in workshops, “How many of you don’t like being told what to do?” Most of them will raise their hands! “And how many of you don’t like being told that you did something that someone else didn’t like?” Again, most hands go up – including our instructors! Many people have […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Jan 23, 2019
It has been just over a year since my father Raim died. Although we had many heated conflicts, beneath all our differences was – and still is – an enormous amount of love. And even at the end, my father helped me learn a priceless life lesson: Don’t Wait! In the last few months of […]