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Stay up to date with our most recent news and resources!
Holiday gifts for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Years
As you prepare for the holidays, remember that the gift of safety never wears out or breaks. It increases joy and prevents problems. You can give safety in many different ways, and we hope you will incorporate Kidpower books and donations into your holiday traditions.
School Safety Resources from Kidpower
Here are some of Kidpower’s most popular articles and videos to help your child have the best possible start to the new school year.
Watch and Share New Videos: Protecting Youth Athletes From Sexual Abuse
I am pleased and honored to have Kidpower featured in 2 new videos produced in partnership with Jim Thompson, Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) Founder and CEO, and Mark Murphy, Green Bay Packers President and CEO…
Happy 90th Birthday to my father, Raim Regelson!
Raim’s enormous energy, exuberant joy in life, courage, passion for making our world a better place, deep connection to nature, and perseverance are still going strong.
Great book for preteen girls includes Kidpower skills to cope with bullying
Recently, I had the joy of watching twelve empowered girls ages 6-11 perform a play that they had all contributed to creating. As...
Meaningful Gifts for Your Child’s Teacher: 8 Suggestions From Kidpower
Teachers have an incredible impact on the emotional and physical safety of kids for many of their waking hours, and making a special gift at year’s end is a way to express your appreciation for the role a teacher has played in your child’s and your family’s life.
Kidpower 18-hr Parents & Professionals Training: Registration OPEN!
As a participant in this 18-hour seminar August 9-11 in San Francisco, you’ll receive personalized coaching to become a more effective youth safety leader as a parent, teacher, playground volunteer, counselor, coach, troop leader, or in any other adult leadership position serving youth.
Stay Connected With Your Teen’s Electronic Worlds – In Memory of Audrie Pott, Age 15
15-year-old Audrie Potts from Saratoga, California, took her life after expressing her despair online about being sexually assaulted and cyberbullied. Her parents only found these messages when searching for reasons after her death. According to some estimates, teens spend half their lives online. These electronic worlds are too dangerous for our kids to live in without the knowledge and guidance of the adults who love them.
Too many times, adults don’t discover online messages about cyberbullying, parties with heavy drinking, or warning signs of despair or violence until after something terrible has happened, when the opportunity to take protective action is gone.
How is swimming like bullying prevention? $1+ gifts doubled in Kidpower’s first micro-donation campaign!
Bullying prevention as a lot like swimming — we think of it as ‘social swimming’!
Teenpower/Fullpower Core Program Training April 25-30 – Deadline March 1st
This six-day training program is part of our instructor training process to certify candidates to teach teens and adults under our auspices.
“What If Someone Starts Shooting Kids At My School?” – A Heartbreaking Question No Child Should Ever Have To Ask
Every time a school shooting occurs, parents, teachers, and other caring adults want to know what to say to their children. Our job is to provide reassuring, truthful information in an age-appropriate fashion without putting upsetting images in our children’s heads that don’t need to be there. Here how to protect children’s emotional safety right now as we are figuring out how to take action to prevent tragedies like this in the future.
Advice to Parents About Newtown Tragedy: Four Actions to Protect Kids’ Emotional Safety
As news keeps unfolding about the Sandy Hook school tragedy, children might hear new scary details and their anxiety might grow. Check in with your kids today. As sad as we all are, here are four actions parents can take today to protect their kids from trauma and empower them in the face of violence.
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...
Here’s how you can make a lasting difference
Today, not so far from you, a teen is afraid to walk home. A family is struggling with domestic violence. A victim of abuse is suffering but doesn’t know how to get help. A senior is losing confidence that they can go out and still feel safe. What if you could help...