Children tend to be way ahead of parents on the Internet. For the most part, they are more comfortable with computer technologies, schools are going on-line rapidly and the world is shrinking in totally new ways. Safety in this environment is an evolving issue, one that has attracted widespread media attention. The reality, however, of this technology is that it holds vastly more information, opportunity and richness of experience, than danger. KIDS ON THE INTERNET Common advice to parents suggests not allowing your kids to spend hours on the Internet. I don’t automatically agree. If ..read more

  儿童安全课 让儿童学会保护自己，就是在保护我们的未来    Now available in Mandarin:  http://safechild.sxl.cn/ The Safe Child Program Prevention of Child Abuse Program The Take A Stand Prevention of Bullying Program   课程索引 你的想法，值得被传递 预防儿童虐待 2016年12月25日 预防欺凌 2016年12月25日 自我安全防护 2016年12月25日 陌生人安全 2016年12月25日   The Coalition for Children, in response to increasing recognition of child abuse and interpersonal violence around the world, is making its programs available free of charge. Believing that it is never a good idea to reinvent the wheel, we provide these pro ..read more

An alert airline passenger was able to prevent child abuse by exposing a suspected child sex predator after glancing at his text messages. By Kyle Swenson August 4, 2017 Washington Post San Jose police arrested Michael Kellar, 56, after a flight from Seattle to San Jose July 31. A passenger noticed Keller swapping text messages about sexually molesting children and alerted the flight crew who contacted authorities on the ground. A preschool teacher buckled in for the two-hour flight from Seattle to San Jose noticed something on the cellphone screen of a fellow passenger that set ..read more

In response to increasing recognition of child abuse and interpersonal violence around the world, Dr. Kraizer and the Coalition for Children are making all programs available free of charge for parents, schools, and youth-serving organizations.   Please follow the links for in the Educator Section for: The Safe Child Prevention of Child Abuse Program child children ages 3-11 Take A Stand Prevention of Bullying Program for elementary school-age children  The REACH Life Skills Program for elementary school-age children  The CHALLENGE Life Skills Program for middle and high s ..read more

Parents are naturally concerned that their children will be targeted by bullies.  They wonder if their kids will tell them if there is a problem.  They want to strike a balance between being overly protective or overly involved and allowing their children to solve their own social problems. Odds are your children will have to address bullying behavior at some point in time.  The National Association of School Psychologists reports that, at any given time, 25% of U.S . students are the targets of bullying and about 20% are engaged in bullying behavior. The reach of bullying into the future is a ..read more