By Jon Abreu Dad’s are many things. They’re silly. They help us play out our wildest adventures. We laugh at them when they wear goofy “dad shoes.” They dry our tears. They’re our loudest supporters, our superheroes, and so much more. But, one quality that often gets overlooked, is their role...
For immediate release: June 8, 2022 Contact:Mara Powellmpowell@kyyouth.org Celebrating the Ceremonial Signing of New Legislation to Address Child Abuse in Kentucky Governor and State Lawmakers Join Kentucky Youth Advocates & Kosair Charities Face It Movement Partners for Ceremonial Signing of SB 8 and HB 263 LOUISVILLE, KY – Today, Kentucky Youth Advocates and partners...
Make a SPLASH this summer with the SPLASH Body Safety guide to ensure children are educated on safe touch. Bathing suit season offers an opportunity to bring up boundaries naturally. Right now is a great time to revisit Face It’s SPLASH resource to review important body safety and boundaries information...
I became a new mom during the height of a global pandemic - in the summer of 2020 - and I was not okay… Becoming a new mom is one of the most stressful life changes that can occur. You can read all the books, watch all the videos, and seek...
By Jennifer Monroe Baize, MSSW, LCSW Awareness When I first started thinking about what could be helpful in other’s journey to healing who have experienced trauma; knowledge and awareness immediately came to mind. I then found myself wondering, was there one “big thing” or statement that seemed more impactful? It is then...
Though Child Abuse Prevention Month is over, our work to prevent and end child abuse goes beyond well beyond April. The Kosair Charities’ Face It Movement, along with over 125 partner organizations across the state, spent the month raising awareness around this very important issue and reminding us that we...
As part of our series on the Strengthening Families Protective Factors framework, Face It is spending the month of May highlighting the importance of social connections for parents, caregivers, and families. Â Social connections are the positive relationships that caregivers have that provide emotional, informational, instrumental, or spiritual support. When parents have...
By Tamara Vest This year, the Voices of the Commonwealth (VOC) set policy initiatives for young people in foster care. Those initiatives included amendments to the foster youth bill of rights to promote inclusivity for young people in several ways. They also advocated for changes to Kentucky’s extended foster care policy. The initiatives...
As a mom, I cannot STAND the following questions: “Was it a rough day?” “Is the baby sleeping through the night?” These questions bother me so much that even as I write this blog, I feel my heartbeat quickening and my blood pressure rising. I know they are harmless questions in which the ...
This was originally posted as an op-ed by The Courier Journal on April 21, 2022. By Jane Herms, Ken Reiss and Nancy Weaver We’ve all been there. You’re out shopping or at a restaurant with friends or family and you notice a parent and a child really struggling. Maybe the child is having a...