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Stay up to date with our most recent news and resources!
To Love, Honor, and Disobey In Celebration of Our 43rd Wedding Anniversary
Without my husband Ed’s constant support of the organizational “child” I brought into our home and lives 28 years ago, there would be no Kidpower! And, since so many of you wrote about my...
Letter to My 19-Year-Old Self 50 Years Later
I sometimes wish that I could put a letter in a bottle and send it across the ocean of time to one of my younger Selves. On my 69th birthday, as I am looking back over the years,...
Seven Positive Actions To Honor Child Abuse Prevention Month
Let’s honor Child Abuse Prevention Month this April by protecting our kids from harm – and preparing them with knowledge and skills for taking charge of their own safety. Sadly, we cannot take away the suffering caused by abuse in the past. We can and must do our best to protect the kids of today and tomorrow – and to help everyone who has survived abuse as a child to find healing and hope.
Here are seven child abuse prevention actions each of us can take this month that will make a difference.
How To Protect Kids With Extra Weight From Bullying With Pediatrician and Kidpower Board Member Abby Bleistein, MD
Kids and adults alike often suffer from name-calling, taunting, rude gestures, pranks, and other cruel behavior because of their weight. This handout and audio recording thanks to Healthful Life MD Abby Bleistein provide resources for health care providers and other caring adults who want to provide support and skills for young people who face much higher risks of being bullied about their weight.
Billy Elliot: The Musical A Story About Community, Courage, and Love
What does a play about a coal miner’s son who loves to dance have to do with what we teach in Kidpower? We were truly honored when the Berkeley Playhouse chose Kidpower as the...
Join Kidpower at the inspiring ‘Billy Elliot -The Musical’ at the Berkeley Playhouse!
Kidpower is honored to be selected as the featured nonprofit partner by the Berkeley Playhouse for their upcoming performance of the...
How can I stop the kids I am babysitting from bullying a younger sibling?
Kidpower advice to stop bullying among siblings – our answer to a babysitter’s question and concerns. As the babysitter, your job is to be in charge – and you can make a big difference in these children’s lives by helping to change this bullying dynamic.
Ten Free Safety Resources For You from Kidpower
As a holiday safety gift for you and your family, I wanted to share with you you some of our articles and other free educational resources that have been very helpful to...
Our Common Ground of Teaching Respect, Safety, and Confidence Going Forward Together After a Divisive Election
I am sending love to each and every one of you who is feeling sad and upset about the outcome of our election because you fear the results of having a US president who has said and done so many harmful things in the past and during this campaign.
And I am also sending love to each of you who is feeling relieved and glad, because even though you might deeply dislike some of the behaviors of our president elect, you truly believe he was a better choice for president.
No matter who had won the presidential election, there would have been millions of people in the US and other countries who would have felt very scared and very sad and millions of others who would have felt very relieved and very glad.
No matter what your political beliefs, here are five things you can do to further values that bring people together rather than tearing them apart and to support people, especially children and teens, who are feeling deeply upset by this election:
Want to add more joy and purpose to your life? Apply now for 2017 Kidpower Instructor Core Program Training!
In January 2017, people from all over the world will be coming to our annual Kidpower Core Program Training in Santa Cruz. This six-day program provides an immersion into learning how to use our Kidpower Positive Practice Method to teach children and their adults a wide range of skills for staying safe with people in ways that are effective, empowering, and FUN!
Bullying prevention radio interview with high school students
Enjoy our radio interview about bullying, conducted by high school seniors in the Youth Broadcast Journalism program with Corey Mason at El Cerrito High School.
Effective bullying prevention: ‘8 Kidpower Skills to Stop Bullying’ Free Webinar Recording
This 90-minute free webinar with Kidpower Founder Irene van der Zande and Positive Parenting Solutions Founder Amy McCready provides simple effective bullying prevention tools for parents, guardians, and educators.
It’s #GivingTuesday – change the future with your gift!
Today is #GivingTuesday - and your gift has the power to change the future! Your gift just might: Make a child love recess again - because you helped schoolyard supervisors learn more strategies to help kids get along better! Protect a teen from online predators -...
TRIPLE Impact – a unique opportunity for Facebook users!
If you use Facebook, you have a unique opportunity to TRIPLE your Giving Tuesday gift! This year, Facebook is matching donations made exactly this way: Donate through a Facebook fundraiser - we just started to make this easy, and all the links in this message lead to...
The emergency that didn’t happen
Can you remember being a little kid all alone with a big, secret problem? Then you know how 7-year-old Sophie felt when school started last September. Sophie had a big problem at home. She knew she felt sad, scared, and alone, but she didn’t have words for what was...