lessons from a life half lived
What do you know about online safety for kids? Guest Post by Moe McClanahan…Director of Training & Education at the Safe Surfin’ Foundation It’s important for parents to stay in control of their child’s Internet usage to prevent online victimization. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is reporting a 97.5% increase in online enticement of children reports sent to… Continue Reading…
Today a second-grade teacher in Monongalia County, West Virginia, messaged me about a body safety education presentation in her classroom. What a thrill to hear how my newly-published children’s book, The Brave Knight, “performed” in a class-room setting! Here’s her “book-report.” Each year in West Virginia schools, a body safety education lesson is presented in all grades. In past years, the… Continue Reading…
Do you know what grooming is? In the skeevy, underbelly, predatory sense of the word? During body safety assemblies when I talk to school kids about grooming, I say, “I’m not talking about brushing your Golden Retriever’s fur.” To me, Grooming is the process by which a sexual predator gains the trust of a potential victim and sometimes their family. Here’s another… Continue Reading…
In my effort to gain more expertise in the area of child safety, I recently went through two trainings from the national organization, Darkness to Light. Darkness to Light is a non-profit committed to empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse. The first training was the 30-minute program, “Protecting Children During a Crisis,” created with the Covid pandemic in mind…. Continue Reading…
