Keep Your Children Safe during the Holiday

Apr 16, 2019, 7:52 PM

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Time is of the essence in the days leading up to Passover, so I will make this brief.

Due to the less structured environment of holidays, and the fact that we expose our kids to a far greater number of people, holidays present a more enhanced risk for their abuse.

With that in mind, I encourage all parents to have a refresher child-safety talk with your children and properly supervise them during the joyous Passover season.

Please learn about effective, research-based, child safety education if you have not yet done so, and be mindful that although “stranger danger” is a genuine concern, the vast majority of molesters are family members, and people well known to (you and) your children.

Here are free resources that can help you protect your children:

Child Safety Video in English

חינוך הורים למוגנות ילדים – Child Safety Video in English with Hebrew Subtitles

Stranger Danger Video

Wishing you a meaningful, enjoyable, and safe Passover Holiday

Yakov

About the Author

Rabbi Yakov Horowitz, founding dean of Yeshiva Darchei Noam of Monsey, and director of Bright Beginnings, is an innovative educator, author, and child safety advocate. He is the publisher of two child safety books that are in over 120,000 homes in three languages, as well as the groundbreaking Bright Beginnings Gemara and Chumash workbooks that are in over 100 schools. He received the prestigious 2008 Covenant Award in recognition of his contribution to Jewish education. His most recent project is the Bright Beginnings Under-a-Minute Parenting Clips posting daily videos by Rabbi Horowitz on a wide range of topics on Instagram @brightbeginningsforum, and via WhatsApp by messaging “Sign-Up” to 845-540-2414. Rabbi Horowitz conducts child abuse prevention and parenting workshops in Jewish communities around the world.