“You think young children might not know the word ‘rape’, but they have brought it up during class.” Twelve years ago, Melissa Bardfield began teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She teaches children, from five … Read more
Challenging Children to Build Confidence
Advice from Teens: How To Talk To Teens
Traumatic experiences such as accidents, violence, loss of a loved one, or experiencing a disaster such as a hurricane – can deeply affect teenagers. Discussing these difficult experiences with teenagers … Read more
Return to Happiness
Trauma-sensitive support at schools started after Irma After the devastation of hurricane Irma in 2017, more psychosocial support was needed in schools. This led to the implementation of the Return … Read more
Editorial: Children’s rights are here to stay!
The United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child (CRC) was drafted and ratified in 1989 and took effect several months later in 1990. Soraya Agard-Lake, Department Head Youth … Read more
Here are all children’s rights
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child consists of 54 articles. Every child has rights, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities or any other status. All … Read more