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Doing Right by Our Kids

Protecting Child Safety at All Levels

We want to "do right by our kids" but it can be difficult to know how! Learn through inspiring stories and practical examples showing how to be a powerful advocate in protecting the safety of children and teens and how to prepare them to take charge of their own wellbeing everywhere they live, learn, play, explore, and grow. 

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We want to "do right by our kids" but it can be difficult to know how! Learn through inspiring stories and practical examples showing how to be a powerful advocate in protecting the safety of children and teens and how to prepare them to take charge of their own wellbeing everywhere they live, learn, play, explore, and grow. 

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"Doing Right by Our Kids is a field guide for practicing courage. It will arm you with the knowledge and skills you need to know when, why, and how to act to protect your kids."

Dan Heath, New York Times bestselling author of Upstream

"Doing Right by Our Kids is a field guide for practicing courage. It will arm you with the knowledge and skills you need to know when, why, and how to act to protect your kids."

Dan Heath, New York Times bestselling author of Upstream

The safety of kids is everybody's business!

Discover how to:
  • Use the powerful ‘Safety at All Levels’ model, beginning at home and then extending to neighbors, schools, sports, and beyond.
  • Become a positive, powerful advocate for child safety, confidence, and respect.
  • Recognize potential trouble and take charge of problems that put kids at risk.
  • Persuade organizations at all levels to take action to protect the young people in their care.
  • Bonus toolkit: Essential skills, strategies, and practices from Kidpower®, a proven global leader in ‘People Safety’ education for all ages and abilities since 1989.
     

Table of Contents:

 Part I: Safety for Kids = Peace of Mind for Parents  
  • Chapter 1: The Heart of Child Protection
  • Chapter 2: Kidpower’s Core Safety Principles for Adults
  • Chapter 3: Safety Comes from Within: Core Kidpower Skills to Protect Our Children and Empower Our Families
  • Chapter 4: Taking Charge of Our Inner Circle: Safety with Family, Friends, Neighbors, and Babysitters
 Part II: How Organizations Can Earn Our Trust
  • Chapter 5: Worthy of Trust: What Youth-serving Organizations Must Do to Keep Kids Safe
  • Chapter 6: Kids Learn Best When They Feel Safe: Tools for Schools
  • Chapter 7: The JOY of the Game: Reclaiming Youth Sports
  • Chapter 8: Spiritual Safety: Places of Worship Should Be Safe for Kids
  • Chapter 9: Colleges: A Safe Place to Spread Their Wings
 Part III: Creating Safer Societies
  • Chapter 10: Overcoming Harmful Prejudice with Understanding, Determination, and Courage
  • Chapter 11: Giving Our Kids a Better World to Live In
 Bonus Toolkit: Kidpower Skills and Action Plans
  • 10 Core Kidpower Skills, with Explanations for How to Practice and Teach Them
  • Preparing Children for More Independence: 6 Steps from Kidpower
  • Make SURE! Kidpower Action Plan for School and Organization Leaders
  • My Child is Being Bullied at School!–Action Plan for Parents and Guardians
  • How to Prevent and Stop Cyberbullying
  • How to Pick a Good Self-Defense Program

You may also be interested in these Kidpower self-defense resources!

Kidpower 30 Skills Coaching Handbook
KIDPOWER SAFETY TIPS FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, COACHES, AND OTHER CAREGIVERS
GUIDELINES FOR SUPPORTING A POSITIVE CLASS, TEAM, TROOPS, OR YOUTH GROUP CLIMATE
THE KIDPOWER BOOK FOR CARING ADULTS
7 Keys for Teaching Safety Skills To Everyone, Everywhere (ARTICLE)
10 Actions for adult leaders to protect and empower young people (article)

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    • About the co-authors:

    Dr. Amy Tiemann

    Social change and parenting expert Dr. Amy Tiemann is a Stanford-trained neuroscientist, the author of Mojo Mom, and an executive producer of socially-relevant documentary films. She founded the Kidpower North Carolina Center in 2007 and now serves Kidpower International as a Senior Program Leader and Board Member. She is the co-creater with Irene of the Full Circle Safety Child Abuse Prevention and Human Trafficking Prevention courses for K-12 educators - and a dynamic and talented trainer who teaches through empowerment.
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    Irene van der Zande

    As Kidpower International's Founder, Executive Director, and primary author, Irene van der Zande has led the organization since 1989. Through Irene's creative and compassionate leadership and collaboration with many talented people, Kidpower has established an outstanding track record for providing effective and empowering child protection, relationship-building, positive communication, advocacy, personal safety, and self-defense programs for millions of people of all ages, abilities, cultures, beliefs, and walks of life worldwide.
    Patrick Jones - Course author
    Patrick Jones - Course author
    Patrick Jones - Course author

    Dr. Amy Tiemann

    Social change and parenting expert Dr. Amy Tiemann is a Stanford-trained neuroscientist, the author of Mojo Mom, and an executive producer of socially-relevant documentary films. She founded the Kidpower North Carolina Center in 2007 and now serves Kidpower International as a Senior Program Leader and Board Member. She is the co-creater with Irene of the Full Circle Safety Child Abuse Prevention and Human Trafficking Prevention courses for K-12 educators - and a dynamic and talented trainer who teaches through empowerment.
    Patrick Jones - Course author

    Irene van der Zande

    As Kidpower International's Founder, Executive Director, and primary author, Irene van der Zande has led the organization since 1989. Through Irene's creative and compassionate leadership and collaboration with many talented people, Kidpower has established an outstanding track record for providing effective and empowering child protection, relationship-building, positive communication, advocacy, personal safety, and self-defense programs for millions of people of all ages, abilities, cultures, beliefs, and walks of life worldwide.

    Book Publishing Team

    Meet the team that brought Doing Right to life!
    Marylaine Léger
    Online Programs Director
    Kidpower International
    Sol Pederson
    Technical Specialist
    Kidpower International 
    Eamon Saki
    Technical Products Manager
    Kidpower International

    The Kidpower Online Learning Center, part of Kidpower International, aims to help learners gain important 'People Safety' skills for themselves and to help educators and caring adults learn how to teach these important skills to others, using Kidpower's Positive Teaching Method™.

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