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My Thoughts On Sleepovers (as a Mom who founded an Anti-Trafficking Nonprofit & Works in Child Safety)
This week I found myself explaining my thought process on sleepovers in a comment on Threads, and figured I would briefly share here as well. My kids are 13 and 6 now, but when my older kid was 9, it seemed like there were sleepovers pretty much every week. Since...
Cyber Trauma–the misconception & what we can do
I wanted to share this reel that I came across by Dr. Catherine Knibbs. She’s a child therapist based in the UK who completed her dissertation on Cyber Trauma. Here she explains the impact on kids ages 7-10, in their own words, when they view inappropriate—as well as...
Online Grooming (and how to prevent grooming in general)
Sharing this post by A21 (an international anti-trafficking organization) about warning signs in online grooming, plus what we can do to prevent our children from being groomed. First of all, I think it’s important to acknowledge that these grooming tactics are the...
Are social media bans effective?
You may have recently heard about the social media ban that the UK will be implementing in Spring 2027 (Australia implemented this earlier this year as well). While I understand why so many parents are celebrating, many experts in child safety and cybersecurity are...
A dark thought I had on child safety…
Hi Legacy Builders, There’s something we don’t really talk about in child safety, probably because it’s a scary thought. As someone who has worked in this field for over a decade, I know for a fact that both of my daughters have, and will continue to, come into...
What I Do When There’s An Incident Involving Mean Kids
It’s heartbreaking when our kids first come into contact with bullies, mean kids, and frenemies—especially because too many of us know firsthand how long it can take to heal from those experiences. I’ve seen it start as early as kindergarten, and some people never...
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