No Forced Kisses for Your Kids: A Holiday Safety Tip for Families

As parents well know, the holiday season is both incredibly exciting and potentially overwhelming for kids, sometimes all rolled together into one. At gatherings with families and friends, expectations about affection, attention, and teasing can create unnecessary stress and discomfort. By accepting our children’s different personalities and thinking through our boundaries ahead of time, we can teach our kids important life skills and make holiday parties and reunions more fun. Most of... Read more

“You Don’t Know What To Do” – Interview alleging abuse by AAU President Bobby Dodd

I just watched this ESPN interview about sexual abuse allegations brought forward by two men against Amateur Athletic Union President Bobby Dodd. In the wake of the Jerry Sandusky story, they decided to speak up about what happened to them in the ’80′s when he was their YMCA coach and they were young teens. According to USA Today, the AAU removed Dodd from his position days after it found out about the allegations and weeks before it was contacted by ESPN last month. I remember the surge... Read more