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How To Engage Bystanders

You’ve read the interviews: Family members or neighbors are often quoted as saying “I thought something was strange. But I didn’t speak up.” No matter how many times we shake our heads at other’s inaction, it’s a fact: You’re less likely to speak up when others stay quiet. We worry that it may not be…

Every Adult Should See “Something Terrible”

“In 1986, my world was broken by two criminals, my biological father, who abandoned his family, like his father had, and a teenager who threatened me with a gun and raped me for three days.” In a Huffington Post interview to promote “Something Terrible“, an agonizing and triumphant story addressing his fears of who he…

Starting the Recovery Process

How To Start Healing Each journey to healing is unique, but every person looking to recover from childhood sexual abuse faces a difficult path. You will be faced with shame, guilt and blame as you come to terms with past experiences. It is difficult, but not impossible. And Keep Kids Safe strives to provide the…

Would You Take 20 Years Off Your Child’s Life?

Since the mid-nineties, scientists have been studying something that might be in every household. Children exposed to it suffer from a dramatically increased risk for seven out of ten leading causes of death. It can affect a child’s brain development, immune system, hormonal system and even the transcription of a child’s DNA. These effects occur both…

What “Isn’t” Sexual Abuse?

If you are not exactly sure what sexual abuse is, you’re not alone. “Sexual abuse” is generally thought of as any behavior in which an adult engages a child for satisfaction of their own sexual needs. That includes looking, showing and touching, but it can also include showing a child inappropriate media, such as pornography.…