Adrianne Simeone The Conversation We Need to Have With Teachers This afternoon, I sent an email to my children’s teachers. I don’t know why it took so long for me to think to do this, but I am going to make an annual habit of it because I think it is essential, no... ADVOCACY PREVENTION Sep 11, 2018
Adrianne Simeone When ‘Playing Doctor’ Gets Private, Don’t Walk Away Recently a supporter shared this article with advice from Deborah Roffman regarding the issue of children sharing private parts with one another. While this is not an uncommon situation, nor necessari... PARENTING PREVENTION Jun 20, 2017
Adrianne Simeone Five Tips to Help you Rock the Talk™ on Body Safety With Your Kids. Too many parents and caregivers shy away from talking to kids about private parts and body safety rules because they believe that it means sitting down and talking about sex. They focus more on what t... PARENTING PREVENTION Jun 5, 2017
Adrianne Simeone We’re Against “No, Run, Tell!” And Here’s Why. When ‘stranger danger’ awareness became popular, the concept of teaching children to shout “no!” run away, and tell someone was the mantra for prevention advocates. Naturally, many children, but not a... ADVOCACY PARENTING UNDERSTANDING ABUSERS Feb 27, 2017
Adrianne Simeone “She Felt Like She Couldn’t Say No.” A Parent Perspective on Consent, Respect, and Empathy A fellow Mama Bear forwarded us the following email she wrote to her fellow mom-friends after picking up her 7th grade daughter and her friends from a school trip. As many parents know, the tween-teen... PARENTING PREVENTION Nov 2, 2016
