One area that we're seeing many youth organizations get caught these days is lack of clear rules about contact between adults and young...

I am thrilled to announce that my new book, co-written with my colleague Tom Rawlings, is available for pre-order!  We believe that...

All youth organizations need to guard against grooming. The problem is that the characteristics used to describe both good mentors and...

More than a year ago, a six-year-old in Virginia took a gun to school and shot his teacher. The teacher survived, and the court system...

Britain recently recognized, in a report released by the NPCC (National Police Chiefs’ Council), that 52% of alleged offenders in...

The recent Department of Justice (DOJ) report on the police response to the Uvalde tragedy contains important lessons for youth...

As I said in my last post, we recommend that every youth-serving organization review its policies, including child protection policies,...

The start of a new year is a good for youth organizations to take a close look at policies and records. We recommend an annual audit to...

A Pennsylvania federal district court opinion has some valuable lessons for youth-serving organizations. A teacher developed what turned...

A story out of Texas reminds us of the limits of many criminal records checks. A Texas school district discovered that a member of its...

We have seen a tendency for youth-servicing organizations (YSOs) to concentrate all of their efforts on preventing sexual predators from...

As we work with youth organizations to draft good child protection policies, we see three very common misconceptions. Youth-serving...