Kipower and the Postive Coaching alliance: Free Webinars on Fighting Child Abuse In Youth Sports

Kidpower is pleased to be partnering with the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) to provide two FREE webinars in February on how to protect kids from child abuse in youth sports. The webinars will provide practical advice and tools to help coaches, youth leaders, and parents take charge of the safety of children in their care and take positive, effective action to prevent abuse and bullying. We would appreciate your help in letting people know about these important free opportunities by sharing... Read more

Did you hear what Joe Paterno said?

Joe Paterno has given his first interview since the Penn State/Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal broke. The statement that most stands out to me what Paterno said when reflecting on Mike McQueary trying to tell Paterno about seeing Sandusky raping a 10-year-old boy in the Penn State locker room showers: “You know, [McQueary] didn’t want to get specific….And to be frank with you I don’t know that it would have done any good, because I never heard of rape and a man.” Whether... Read more

FBI’s redefinition of rape to include men shows importance of Safety At All Levels of Society

Justice has been improved in the United States this week! The FBI/Justice Department’s updating of an 80-year-old definition of rape is an excellent example of how laws made at the highest levels of society affect all of us. The old federal definition of rape, circa 1929-2011 was “the carnal knowledge of a female, forcibly and against her will.” The most glaring omission you will notice right away was that only women could be raped. No wonder the rape of men is not taken as... Read more

Using Positive Prevention to Stop Violence Without Blaming Victims

Many advocates of stopping child abuse, rape, and other assaults object to language that implies that victims of violence can “prevent” it. Their concern is that teaching “violence and abuse prevention” puts the responsibility for stopping violence on the victims rather than on the perpetrators who cause it. They are also concerned that people who are unsuccessful in defending themselves will have the burden of feeling at fault along with having to deal with the... Read more