by Doug Bardwell | Jun 4, 2019 | Doug's posts, Things To Do
If someone were trying to coax your child into a dangerous situation, you’d certainly want to know. And, try as you might to encourage your children to share their plans with you, that’s just not going to happen. Here’s where an app installed on your child’s...
by Doug Bardwell | May 29, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
When dealing with young children, abductors have a full bag of tricks at their disposal. Unless your child is aware, they will most certainly fall for one or more of them. Don’t take that chance – plan and practice these age appropriate responses from the...
by Doug Bardwell | May 21, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
I was having a conversation with a friend recently and he was disagreeing with some of my statistics about human trafficking. After quite some time, I realized he was thinking of human smuggling – not human trafficking. No wonder the conversation wasn’t...
by Doug Bardwell | May 14, 2019 | Doug's posts, Things To Do
Here’s a simple thing you can do to protect your own children, children you love, and children you’ll never meet. It’ll take less than a minute, but if enough of us sign, it will make an enormous impact. Facebook’s default settings allow...
by Doug Bardwell | May 7, 2019 | Doug's posts, Things To Do
One of the big complaints about talking to children is that “they are too young” for conversations about sex trafficking. While it may be true for some, it can’t be used as a blanket excuse to just delay the inevitable. What if there was an easier...
by Doug Bardwell | May 1, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
Every once in a while, despite our hugely divisive Congress, the two sides of the aisle actually come together and pass meaningful legislation. Such was the case last April when they passed Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, and Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act,...
by Doug Bardwell | Apr 23, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
Parents typically don’t talk about it. Schools rarely talk about it. Even churches don’t talk about it. (I’ve been attending regularly for 70+ years and I never remember it being mentioned even once.) We’re referring to teaching young men that...
by Doug Bardwell | Apr 16, 2019 | Doug's posts, Things To Do
Would you be surprised if your teen daughter was involved in an incident of dating violence, and she didn’t tell you about it? I would have been, and I suspect you would be too. Unfortunately, according to this article by Kate Rogers on Thompson Reuters Foundation...
by Doug Bardwell | Apr 9, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
Figured it was time to take a moment and get some feedback from you, our readers. We all want to stop human trafficking; but, what is it we can specifically do for you? Do you need help? Are you in trouble? Do you know someone you think is in trouble or might veer...
by Doug Bardwell | Apr 2, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
Sometimes government can reach bipartisan agreement and actually get things done. Such is the case in Florida’s legislature. In mid-March 2019, the House PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee approved a measure to add human trafficking education to the health education...
