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Krazy Kevin Interview No. 5 – How To Stop Bullies (Part 1 of 2)

This is a topic dear to my heart.  You’ll here me revealing some powerful anti-bullying concepts.  As this is a big topic, we’re doing it in two parts.  In the meantime, if you’ve not seen my anti-bullying video slide show, visit the Zen-Do for Kids website, there’s some great content there, and it’s all free. I [...] [...more]

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Announcing The New “Protect Children NOW!” Movement

Announcing The New “Protect Children NOW!” Movement

I’m extremely proud to announce the creation of a new international movement to encourage and support laws which protect the rights of children.  I’ll share the press release with you first and then comment some more: A new international child safety movement was launched today [22nd November] in Bahrain ending the week which has marked Universal [...] [...more]

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How I Helped My Son Get Over His Fear of Dogs (And How Mine Got Worse!)

Here’s a video of me explaining how I helped my son get over his fear of dogs -- at my expense!  Hope you like it [...more]

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How I Talk To My Children About Child Molestation

How I Talk To My Children About Child Molestation

Let me start today’s blog post with a disclaimer; I’m not a qualified therapist, councillor, or psychologist.  The methods I use are the ones that make sense to me as a father, and are appropriate for my children’s personalities and ages. I don’t claim to base my communication methods with my children on any scientific [...] [...more]

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How Zen-Do Helped This Boy Get Rid of His Bully

Here’s a wonderful testimonial from Elham Al-Faris regarding her Son, Sultan Abdulkarim.  Sultan used something he learnt in Zen-Do to stop a bully.  The thing is he didn’t even have to get physical!  Read her letter to find out more: My son Sultan has always been a gentle soul. He never fights with anyone. That is [...] [...more]

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Thirteen Signs That a Child is Being Molested

Before I start listing the signs that a child might be molested, I want to reiterate this point.  Child abuse and molestation does happen, and – Heaven forbid – can happen in your own home.  Just because we live in an Arab and Islamic country, it does not mean it does not happen here.  Just [...] [...more]

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Why I Stopped Tickling My Daughter

I was originally going to write a blog post about this, but I got lazy and decided to a video instead.  Hope you like it. [...more]

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Child Internet Safety Tools and Information

Following up from my last post, I wanted to share some information on safer internet use for children, very kindly provided by Sarah from the Internet Watch Foundation: A PDF guide on using software to stay safe on the internet: Using Software to Stay Safe on the Internet. Some links which may help you choose a filtering [...] [...more]

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The Fascinating Be Free Conference

Last weekend I attended Be Free’s international conference on “Effective Strategies for the Prevention of Child Online Pornography, Trafficking, and Abuse” You can see the Gulf Daily News’ coverage here for Day One, Day Two, and Day Three. On the opening ceremony of the conference on the evening of the 8th, Be Free Director Dr. Soroor Qarooni [...] [...more]

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Kickboxing Student Sells Motorcycle And Donates Proceeds to Children’s Cause

Zen-Do student Mark Holmans recently donated a staggering BD 500 to Be Free, Bahrain’s leading child anti-abuse and neglect organisation.  Here’s the press release related to the story: A Zen-Do Kickboxing student donated BD 500 to the Be Free Anti-Child Neglect and Abuse Programme.  Mark Holmans, a British national donated the money at the Be Free [...] [...more]

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