Erin’s Law
Why Awareness is so Powerful
Understanding the Barriers Children Face In today’s world of prevention, it’s hard to find a curriculum that meets the needs of every student. Between cultural, language, age, communication, and developmental barriers, it can seem impossible to educate every student who receives Erin’s Law. Though it may seem overwhelming, we are absolutely capable of helping…
How Do Children Get Abused?
6 Stages of “Grooming” At Childhood Victories, we believe in telling it like it is which includes using accurate terms like, “sexual abuse” and “grooming”. If this is tough for you, as it is with many adults and children, Victor also came up with the term, “Tricked into Trust©”. This simple way to describe…
Why Do We Need Erin’s Law When Parents Can Teach At home?
We’ve had this inquiry hundreds of times. The obvious answer to this question is: YES! Speaking openly about personal body safety is a protective factor in keeping our children safe from sexual abuse. Denying that parental involvement is a child’s best armor from danger would be misinformation. The reality? Many parents do not discuss sexual…
Why Do Children Tell?
When discussing child protection, we often talk about why children keep unsafe secrets. Anyone who has worked with victims of sexual abuse knows that children and adult survivors share similar emotions like fear, nervousness, shame, and embarrassment. They carry around a learned-guilt and the belief that what happened was their fault. Maybe they didn’t know…
Fulfilling Erin’s Law Appropriately
Erin’s Law presentation teaches students, teachers about sexual abuse By Maria Maxham In September and October, Forest Park School District 91 will hold its fifth annual Erin’s Law presentation for all students from kindergarten through eighth grade in the district. In 2011, Illinois passed Erin’s Law, which mandates that all public schools educate children about…
