About Us

Kidpower North Carolina is a non-profit training center affiliated with KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International. 

Kidpower NC Center Director Amy Tiemann, Ph. D., has over a decade of experience as an educator and mentor, working with kids of all ages as well as adults. As the founder of SPARK Seminars, she wrote her own curriculum to teach parents the information and skills they need to become their child’s most powerful safety advocates.

In her role as “Mojo Mom,” Amy’s advice and cultural analysis of motherhood has reached a national audience through numerous print and broadcast interviews, including an appearance on The Today Show in May 2007.

In addition to her award-winning book, Mojo Mom: Nurturing Your Self While Raising a Family Amy is the author of a young adult novel, High Water, which features an anti-bullying theme.

Amy Tiemann is pleased to join forces with Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International to bring Kidpower training to North Carolina.

Kipower Teenpower Fullpower International was co-founded by Irene van der Zande and Timothy Dunphy. In 1985, after Irene encountered a man who threatened the children in her care, she became determined to develop a program to teach personal safety skills to people of all ages. Since then, Kidpower's grassroots effort has grown into an international movement that has taught self-protection skills to over a million people worldwide.