by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Nov 19, 2015
7 actions you can take to address fears about school shootings and lockdown drills in ways that create emotional safety for children. Addressing questions like: What is the best way to protect our kids from school shootings? How can we keep them emotionally safe in the face of news about kids getting killed at school and about bomb and shooting threats at schools? How can we explain to them about lockdown drills?
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Nov 12, 2015
One of my most heartwarming moments of this past month was thanks to the 4-H Club of Soquel, a small town near where I live. The children and youth had chosen Kidpower as their service project and decided to create a charitable coin-toss booth at the Santa Cruz County fair. These enthusiastic young people built […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Oct 30, 2015
At Kidpower, we teach that Heart Power can be used to take kindness into your heart, protect your heart from harmful messages, and use your heart to connect with and be compassionate towards others. Here’s how Heart Power helped my elderly mother to heal her emotional heart and united our family and friends to overcome many obstacles to bring her home.
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Sep 1, 2015
Last September, I made the Kidpower Protection Promise to many young friends as part of my personal commitment to our first International Child Protection Month. I took the hands of one six-year-old, who we’ll call Molly, and started, “You are VERY important to me!.” “I know that,” Molly nodded and smiled. “And if you have a […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Aug 27, 2015
I had the honor of being a guest with TalentCulture’s #TChat program and wanted to share with you the radio interview. TalentCulture is an online community of Human Resource professionals that has over 78,000 followers on Twitter! Listen to the radio program ↴ ———- Like pollution, workplace bullying and harassment does not usually kill you […]
