by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Dec 17, 2015
Your Gift to Kidpower Will be Doubled Through December 31st The most important gifts in our lives don’t fit into a package and never wear out or get broken. Your donation to Kidpower will help us to give gifts of safety and confidence to people everywhere, especially children in need. With your support, we can reach […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Dec 15, 2015
Your Gift to Kidpower Will Be Doubled through December 31st Please help us to give every family in our community the opportunity to learn Kidpower skills to keep their children SAFE from bullying, abuse, abduction, and other violence. We are proud to be part of the Santa Cruz Gives campaign. We have a generous donor who […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Dec 7, 2015
Five recommendations from Kidpower to help parents and other caring adults support a child who has been severely bullied to recover, to get support for their own upset feelings, and to protect their child from further bullying.
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Nov 23, 2015
I hope that this note finds each of you happy and well. I am especially glad to be able to tell you that we’ve heard from TuTrinh, Director of our Kidpower France Center, that all of her family and friends are safe, though of course deeply upset by the attacks in Paris. I feel honored […]
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?