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Expert research shows that dance is a wonderful activity for children when:

1. Children are enrolled in a healthy dance studio (see danceawareness.com) in age-appropriate costumes, choreography and music;
2. Parents supervise the online digital activities of their children to ensure communications are safe and appropriate.

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Presentation for the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Conference [sponsored by the National Center of Sexual Exploitation]: July 21, 2021 — DA:NCE Healthy or Harmful, National Experts Talk About Children’s Dance, a presentation by Mary Bawden
Interview on The Hard Question: April 26th, 2021 — The Hard Question interview with Mary Bawden
Video Course with Charlene Doak-Gebauer, April 5th, 2021* — Internet Sense First: Online Protection for Dance Students
Interview with Dawn Sessler, Spotlight: March 2nd, 2021 — Spotlight on “kids’ sexual unawareness” with Mary Bawden
Presentation for Rogers TV — Freedom Fighters: Code Gray by Mary Bawden
Presentation for Texas Governor’s Office: September 10, 2020 — Heathy or Harmful: National Experts talk about Children’s Dance By Mary Bawden
Published: September 22, 2020 — Cuties Is Not Cute: DA:NCE Says Children Are Not Mini-Adults By Mary Bawden
Published: January 21, 2020 — Featured on Protect Young Minds, January 2020. Booty Shaking & Sexy Costumes in Children’s Dance: How to Find Healthy Studios That Won’t Objectify Your Kid, By Mary Bawden
Published: August 16, 2019 — Featured on Redlands Community News, August 2019. Stop Children’s Dance From Becoming Hypersexualized, By Mary Bawden
Published: November 25, 2019 — Healthy or Harmful Dance: What do the Experts Say?, By Mary Bawden
Published: January 09, 2019 — The Scary Trend in Children’s Dance, By Mary Bawden

*Expert research shows that dance is a wonderful activity for children when:
1. Children are enrolled in a healthy dance studio (see danceawareness.com) in age-appropriate costumes, choreography and music;
2. Parents supervise the online digital activities of their children to ensure communications are safe and appropriate.