Resources

There is help! We are here to support you and provide resources in your quest to  protect children from sexual abuse. You are not alone.  
This page is to offer resources all in one place to help you get the support you're looking for. 

Download the FREE Stewards of Children  APP!! This is an amazing tool and resource...and it's FREE!! 
You can link to it HERE. It's available for iPhone and Android. Share the knowledge.

Make sure your friends, family, childcare providers, teachers, youth-serving organizations and leaders participate in Darkness to Light Stewards of Children child sexual abuse prevention training. Our children are SO worth it!

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Helpful Resource Links: 

This section contains links to other organizations and resources sharing valuable information, tips, and guidelines to help keep children safe - online, through media use,  with guardian involvement, and tools. We check the sites to keep this list up-to-date and useful to help you have these resource referrals  in one location. 
*Clicking the links will take you to an outside website. 

• Darkness to Light - "Prevention is Possible.  Empowering people to prevent child sexual abuse" - D2L.org 
• Shared Hope International - fighting Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking - http://sharedhope.org - The Coalition has a trained "Ambassador of Hope." Contact us for presentation requests.
• National Center on Sexual Exploitation - "Exposing the seamless connection between all forms of sexual exploitation." - http://endsexualexploitation.org 
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) - http://www.missingkids.com/home
  • NetSmartzKids - a program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC: http://www.missingkids.org/home). Great resources, including child-friendly resources for children’s use - http://www.netsmartzkids.org
  • NetSmartz411 - http://www.netsmartz411.org
• Enough Is Enough - on mission to make the internet safer for children and families –  http://www.enough.org/
  • Internet Safety 101 (part of Enough is Enough) - Lots of great free resources for multiple situations and platforms. –  http://www.internetsafety101.org/
• Protect Young Eyes – http://protectyoungeyes.com Provides great free resources, including tips and steps to follow for parental controls on multiple devices.  
• Protect Young Minds – http://protectyoungminds.org From Glen Cove Press, publisher of the book: Good Pictures, Bad Pictures. Offer additional free and downloadable resources.
• Educate Empower Kids Blog – http://educateempowerkids.org/​
• Common Sense Media – http://www.commonsensemedia.org/
• Family Online Safety Institute – https://www.fosi.org

​*The following resources offer information as well as helpful monitoring products.
​   These are not endorsements; simply information sharing. 

• NetNanny - https://www.netnanny.com - (product and resources)
• iKeepSafe – http://www.ikeepsafe.org/ (product and resources)
• Teen Safe - http://www.teensafe.com (product and resources)

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For Children

BOOKS LIKE: 
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Your Body Belongs To You, by Cornelia Maude Spelman and Teri Weidner

​Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept, by Jayneen Sanders

I Said No! by Zack and Kimberly King

Some Secrets Hurt, A Story of Healing, by Kinda Kay Garner

Good Pictures Bad Pictures, Porn-Proofing Today's Young Kids, by Kristen A. Jenson, MA and Gail Poyner, PhD

A Terrible Thing Happened, by Margaret M. Homes
(A story for children who have witnessed violence or trauma)

Super Duper Safety School, Safety Rules for Kids & Grown-Ups! by Pattie Fitzgerald 
(A variety of tips and rules to help keep children safe)

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Books for Adults:

Seduced, The Grooming of America's Teenagers, by Opal Singleton

Walking Prey, How America's Youth are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery, by Holly Austin Smith

Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, & Other Sex Offenders, Who They Are, How They Operate, and How We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children, by Anna C. Salter, Ph.D.
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American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers, by Nancy Jo Sales

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Film

"Birthday Surprise"
by Silver Dove Films
Take a few minutes (nine and a half to be more exact)  to view this short film. It's a great reminder of how we should ALWAYS follow protection guidelines for children wherever they are. Our perceptions and pre-judgments can deceive us, causing potentially dangerous situations. Don't give perpetrators and pedophiles opportunities to abuse.  
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Thanks to Silver Dove Films for their work in providing informational films to share for others' benefit.

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