A new study of the effects of cyberbullying is getting a lot of attention, but its results may not match the press reports. Researchers pulled data from a survey of almost 2700 teens between the age of 13 and 17. The survey asked the minors to respond to an 18-item scale measuring types and instances…
SEO Term: child safety culture youth organizations What Happens After Child Abuse Prevention Month Ends: Sustaining a Child Safety Culture Year-Round I have defended many youth organizations in litigation involving harm to children. Let me tell you what the worst moment in a deposition sounds like. The attorney asks: “When did you last read your…
Tom Rawlings and I will be leading a workshop on Thursday afternoon, October 2, about “Creating a Culture of Trust, Safety, and Accountability in Christian Youth Organizations.” We also will be at the YSO Academy booth in the main exhibition hall. Register here, and join us in the workshop or look for us at Booth…
My law partner, Tom Rawlings, is speaking at the ISPCAN Congress in Vilnius, Lithuania in two weeks. His topic is “Implementing the Child’s Access to Justice: Critical Review of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment 27.” The conference is a gathering of “the brightest minds in child protection” from around…
I learned from my colleague Tom Rawlings’ Substack that a recent opinion from the Iowa Supreme Court takes a new look at the issue of parents’ leaving children unsupervised. Paula Cole went shopping, taking her infant with her and leaving her five other children, ranging in age from 5 to 12, home asleep. Predictably, two…
Yesterday was Hobbit Day, a wonderful day to remember that even ordinary people can help push back against great darkness. I have been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work since I discovered it in college. I started The Lord of the Rings, like many projects, because the guy I was infatuated with at the time…