This April, support #GreatChildhoods

We all want the best for our children. One way to ensure that all children have the opportunity to grow up feeling safe and loved is to make an effort to learn about and promote the protective factors in your family and in your community.

Do you care about promoting healthy childhood development and preventing child abuse and neglect? Show the world that you care about helping #GreatChildhoods happen in your community during Child Abuse Prevention Month by joining our twibbon campaign! Add this pinwheel badge to your profile and help spread the word that prevention is possible!

This year during Child Abuse Prevention Month, we’re focusing on three concrete actions that people can do to help prevent child abuse and neglect. Those actions are to:

• Mentor a child or parent
• Advocate for family friendly policies, and
• Donate time or money to a child serving agency.

But why did we choose to focus on these actions? The explanation comes from our social norms research.

In this TEDx Talk, our very own Lifetime Board Member, SuEllen Fried, goes over a prison program that she co-founded 17 years ago that has has reduced recidivism rates in Kansas from the national average of 50-76% to just 8%. Thanks to TEDx for facilitating this important dialogue and bringing more light to SuEllen’s important work!