What it’s about: To protect children from abuse, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2002 required all dioceses to implement “safe-environment” programs. Many parents complain that some of the ...

My son, Jack, 7, started weekly CCD religious class this year in preparation to make his Holy Communion in second grade. I was required to attend his first class to learn about the program — basically ...

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According to Childhelp, an organization that runs a nationwide Child Abuse Hotline, 1 out 3 girls and 1 out of 5 boys will be sexually abused before they reach their eighteenth birthday. But they say ...

"Touch," the groundbreaking Minnesota-made film that gave 1980s schoolchildren permission to talk about sexual abuse — and the vocabulary to do so — is getting a reboot for the digital age. Created by ...

In a world where we prioritise the safety and security of our children, we need to help them understand personal boundaries and its dynamics. Teaching kids about ‘good touch’ vs. ‘bad touch’, is not ...