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Fall fun starts with prepared adults. 🍂
Before the festivities begin, review supervision, private spaces, photography rules, transportation, pickup, and reporting procedures.
A few questions now can help create a safer event for every child. 💙
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Sometimes being a safe adult means speaking up, even when it's uncomfortable. 💙
At family gatherings, children shouldn't feel pressured to give hugs or kisses. Respecting their boundaries matters more than keeping the peace.
Here are a few ways parents can step in. ⬇️
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Consent isn’t just taught. It’s practiced.
Ask before physical contact. Explain necessary touch. Respect boundaries. Keep interactions observable and interruptible.
Help your organization put child safety into practice: ow.ly/fjeW50ZYxTq
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Consent conversations should grow with our children. 💙
Help pre-teens and teens recognize pressure, communicate boundaries, and understand that consent can be withdrawn at any time.
Find more resources for adults and families: d2l.org/resources-for-adults…
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Safer organizations need shared expectations around healthy touch and boundaries. 💙💡
Join our FREE virtual child safety training:
English: Oct. 14 | 10 a.m. or 4 p.m. ET
Spanish: Oct. 15 | 10 a.m. ET
Register: ow.ly/xOOC50ZW6C1
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It may feel awkward when a child doesn’t want to hug a family member, and that’s okay! 💙
Adults can set expectations before gatherings so children aren’t responsible for managing hurt feelings. Consent is taught over time: ask, listen, notice their cues, and never assume.
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Training is only the beginning. Staff should know how to report concerns, feel supported when speaking up, and understand expectations around #Boundaries and physical contact.
#ChildSafetyTraining must become everyday practice. 💡💙
Learn More: d2l.org/about-our-trainings/
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A child safety policy is only as strong as the adults prepared to use it. Training, clear reporting pathways, and practice help make safety part of your culture.
Is your team ready to act? We can help: ow.ly/LFLh50ZTYJm
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Difficult news can feel heavy. Mute certain words, skip graphic content, limit updates, and step away when you need to.
Protecting your #MentalHealth does not mean you care less.
For help, call 800.656.HOPE or text HOME to 741741.
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The allegations surrounding #Cornell are a reminder that #InstitutionalAccountability matters.
Institutions have a responsibility to protect children and young people, take concerns seriously, support those who speak up, and prioritize safety. 💙
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Tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET: Honest Conversations: Protecting Children in the Theater.
Join us on Zoom to explore how adults and organizations can create safer environments for young people onstage, backstage, and on set.
Register: ow.ly/vFeK50ZRe8c
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When a child shares something concerning, pause and listen. Your first response can help them feel safe enough to keep talking.
Part 2 of our guest series explores how adults can recognize concerns, respond well, and create safer environments: ow.ly/3KYg50ZPQ2f
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We believe more adults should have access to practical child safety education, including opportunities to learn in Spanish.
Through Guardianes de los Niños®, adults can build the knowledge and confidence to help protect children in their families and communities.
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Being a safe adult is more than caring about children.
It means setting clear boundaries, staying engaged, following safety expectations and being willing to speak up when something isn’t right.
Parents, caregivers, coaches, teachers and volunteers all have a role. 💙
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Child sex trafficking does not require transportation across state or international borders.
Moving beyond the stranger abduction myth helps adults recognize how exploitation can develop through needs, relationships, dependency, and control.
Read Part 1: ow.ly/XFqx50ZPkRH
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Child safety matters onstage, backstage, and on set.
Join our Honest Conversation, Protecting Children in the Theater, to explore how adults and organizations can create safer spaces for young performers.
September 29 at 2 p.m. ET on Zoom.
Register: ow.ly/n75x50ZPkkW
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Help bring prevention education to your organization or community. 🌎💡
Several Darkness to Light Authorized Facilitator workshops remain in 2026. Watch the reel for upcoming dates and learn more about becoming a facilitator: ow.ly/3i7x50ZPjEt
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Institutions: A background check is a starting point, not a child safety system.
Protecting children also requires careful screening, clear boundaries, training, active supervision, reporting pathways, and accountability.
Go beyond the minimum: d2l.org/training-catalog
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Traffickers are not always strangers. Exploitation can be hidden within dating or family relationships.
Learn more about how to prevent child sex trafficking by visiting our website at: ow.ly/e68m50ZNWnG
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Familiar doesn’t automatically mean safe.
Practices, rehearsals, lessons and clubs all have routines worth reviewing. Who supervises? What happens when plans change? Are communication boundaries clear?
Safer routines are intentional. 💙
Learn more: d2l.org
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