Child abuse occurs at all socioeconomic levels, across all ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions, and at all levels of education. However, by making sure that we are educated and informed on this issue, we can prevent children from enduring this unnecessary and unthinkable abuse.
Did you know children who receive school-based education about child sexual abuse are 3.5 times more likely to report if they had been/were being abused, compared to children who did not receive that education?
It’s hard to imagine our children being in unsafe situations but we know child sexual abuse is a silent epidemic. It occurs at every socioeconomic level, across all ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.
When a child has been sexually abused, the first step toward healing is for someone to recognize the signs. To do this, it is helpful to know what those signs look like and the difference between signs indicating abuse vs. typical childhood behavior.
Unfortunately, every day in the media, there is conflicting language used in headlines reporting child sexual assault and abuse...
This year the David Posnack JCC has partnered with Lauren’s Kids to host the inaugural 5K Run/Walk/Wheelchair Race at the David Posnack JCC in Davie, FL, bringing people together from all walks of life.
This week our Lauren's Kids team honored some incredible educators who go the distance every day in the name of protecting childhood.
GIVE MIAMI DAY is HERE! Monday, November 15 – Thursday, November 18, donations made to Lauren’s Kids through the Give Miami Day platform are MATCHED! And, donors will get a chance to SLIME Ron Book!
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State Senator Lauren Book (D-Plantation) was horrified when she learned that Michael Mizrachy, a pediatrician in her home district, had been arrested on child pornography charges this past spring.
As several major universities grapple with an epidemic-like plague of hundreds of cases of sexual abuse by authority figures, a new report by a national survivor advocacy group suggests that kind of abuse
For Evan Cooper, who grew up playing football in Miami, becoming a star defensive back who never missed a game at a major college such as the University of Michigan was “a dream come true.”
