by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Mar 19, 2014
We want the family in the “Mother Teaches Daughter About Stranger Danger video to also learn the Kidpower skills of Stay Together, Move Away, and Check First – and how to teach children about Stranger Safety instead of Stranger Danger.
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Mar 8, 2014
This day is not about women against men or men against women – but about PEOPLE who are FOR justice for everyone. Today, let’s celebrate the accomplishments of women and the progress we’ve made towards more equal rights as well as the work still to be done. And let’s honor the important ways that both women and men have furthered the empowerment of women and girls in each of our lives.
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Mar 6, 2014
These handouts of personal safety tips in our workshops for parents and for teens and adults help everyone to develop a common understanding about being safe with people. Print these safety tips out to put on your refrigerator, post these links on your school or agency website, use in an educational presentation, and send to your online community
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Feb 17, 2014
We encourage everyone in a leadership position to read and learn from this report and for the NFL to follow through with meaningful consequences for each person who participated in this unethical behavior either directly or by not taking responsibility to make it stop.
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Jan 15, 2014
Kidpower has taught me that bystanders sometimes hesitate or don’t help out because they think either they don’t know the right thing to do or they think that other people are in charge. I felt good about offering support to the daughter.