Stop Abuse Campaign Issues Statement about Colorado Springs Club Q Shooting

Gun violence plays a significant role in children’s lives, and we know that childhood trauma is a major contributor to most violence.

Crime prevention starts with protecting children

Crime is a complex issue. Protecting children from Adverse Childhood Experiences prevents crime and strengthens communities.

Homelessness is a journey that starts in the family

Homelessness is a key American problem. It’s also one least understood. What causes homelessness? How do we solve this problem as a society?

How America Can Break the Cycle and Prevent Drug Abuse

Drug abuse is one of the worst issues in America. its effects are horrendous, but its root causes are more complex than everyone assumes.

What is the point of Anti LGBTQ laws? We are here. We are queer. And, we are not going away.

A sharp increase in anti-LGBTQ legislation with almost half targeting transgender people. States introduced a record of 238 bills in 2022.

How to Help Homeless LGBTQ Youth in America

LGBTQ youth have higher ACE scores than their peers. Homeless LGBTQ youth, however, is another level of the problem, a sad reality in the US. How to help?

What is Childhood like for Nonbinary Youth?

As the world is getting up to date with the nonbinary youth identity, the new ACEs research insights instill hope in protecting these children.

Suicide among LGBTQ Youth: Risks and Prevention

Suicide rates among LGBTQ youth are shocking and require our immediate attention. Learn more about the risks and how you can help prevent it.

Why We Oppose Gender-affirming Healthcare Bans

A lot of politicized misinformation is being touted about gender-affirming healthcare. Here are the reasons we’re opposing banning it.

Does Anyone Care? Shocking Barriers Killing Our Mental Health

Does anyone care about our mental health in America? How do we remove the barriers to mental health care access in our country, so we can get proper help?

Thoughts on suicide prevention from a survivor

The Stop Abuse Campaign founder’s survivor story uncovers why -and how- suicide prevention must be one of America’s mental health priorities.

ACE 101: Physical Neglect in Childhood

Physical neglect in childhood may mean different things in different contexts. We’re unpacking what it is, what it isn’t, and how to protect children from this ACE.

ACE 101: Parental Separation, Divorce, or Death

Parental divorce and separation, including the death of a loved one, are Adverse Childhood Experiences. Were you affected by them? What to do and how to get help?

ACE 101: Parental Substance Abuse

Parental substance abuse is an ACE, a childhood trauma as damaging as other direct ones. How does it affect the child and how can we prevent it?

ACE 101: Intimate Partner Violence

Domestic and intimate partner violence are Adverse Childhood Experiences that weaken a family’s chance for stability and safety. How to help and get help?

ACE 101: Childhood Emotional Neglect

Childhood emotional neglect is one of the most challenging ACEs to identify because there’s nothing to “see,” but it impacts thousands of children every year with damaging consequences. How to help?

ACE 101: Physical Abuse in Childhood

Physical abuse against children causes lifelong harm. This common ACE can be prevented. Read more on why and how we can dedicate resources to prevention.

ACE 101: Incarcerated Household Member

Having an incarcerated household member is an ACE, Adverse Childhood Experience, that can have lasting consequences into adulthood. How to help?

De-normalizing child abuse

A survivor story called Denormalizing child abuse shows how while abuse can become normal to a child, child abuse is never normal.

ACE 101: Childhood Emotional Abuse

What is childhood emotional abuse? Learn about this ACE, its life-long consequences, ways to prevent it, heal it, and help someone affected.

ACE 101: Preventing Child Sexual Abuse

A vital part of fighting child sexual abuse is learning about what it is and why we must prevent it from happening to any child ever again.

Raised by Predators: Surviving Child Sexual Abuse

A survivor story called Raised By Predators is about surviving child sexual abuse and then healing from it.

Is There a Link between Childhood Trauma and Heart Disease?

There’s one correlation of heart disease that you may have never considered. What’s the link between childhood trauma and heart disease?

We Need to Talk about ACEs and Suicide

Understanding the connection between ACEs and suicide can help you see the warning signs and may ultimately save someone’s life.

Protecting Children from Online Predators

The online predator’s target is a vulnerable child. Protecting children from online predators is the responsibility of all of us.

Adverse Childhood Experiences Are Linked to Juvenile Justice System Contact, Columbia Review Shows

Review showing that higher Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) scores are associated with a greater risk of juvenile justice system contact.

How to protect your children from sex offenders

Do you know how to protect your children from sex offenders? Cory Jewell Jensen talks about her work with sex offenders and what she knows

10 signs of a toxic relationship

No relationship is perfect, be it familial, a friendship, romantic relationship, or a marriage, yet any of these can be a toxic relationship

ACE scores in prison

The US has the largest prison population in the world and highest per-capita incarceration rate but how are we treating the high rate of ACEs in prison?

Post-COVID call to action for childminders

Countless children are enduring hell at home with their abusers. Those who work with children will need to watch for signs of abuse when the kids return.

Coercion

Harvey Weinstein didn’t pin down all his victims, in fact, some of them willingly got in their car and went to meet him. Louise Godbold explains coercion.

How to protect your kids over the holidays

The holidays are a time of joy and magic for children. Learn how to protect your kids over the holidays, and keep the magic in their lives.

The last time I spanked

The last time I spanked my child was the first time I did.She was not quite 3 years old. I will never forget how her eyes and her tears made me feel.

How to spot a sex offender

How do you spot a sex offender? Sex offenders cannot be profiled. There is no specific race, gender, sexual orientation, or education level that defines us.

New York State to invest more in breaking cycle of abuse

New York’s Maternal Home Visiting Programs protect children from Adverse Childhood Experiences like abuse and neglect. Why do we invest so little in them?

Reasons family members side with sexual abusers

Many survivors open up about their abuse only to find that family reactions are just as painful, if not more so, than the original trauma.

Child abuse statistics. And how to prevent child abuse statistics from increasing

Child abuse continues to increase. There are ways to prevent them from doing so. Decreasing child abuse would make the world safer

Maternal home visiting services prevent childhood trauma, saving lives, and money

20 years ago CDC research on childhood trauma, called ACEs, showed survivors lead shorter sicker lives. Why aren’t we preventing it?

What Parents Need to Know about Sexual Grooming

Understanding the steps of sexual grooming can help parents protect their children. Child molesters use grooming in preparation for committing sexual abuse.

Why men abuse women and what makes them stop

Four decades after domestic violence first became a public issue our courts still don’t understand why men abuse women. That’s dangerous for children.

Should Childhood Trauma Be Treated As A Public Health Crisis?

Researchers followed a group of kids from childhood into adulthood to track the link between trauma in early life and adult mental health. When public health officials get wind of an outbreak of Hepatitis A or influenza, they spring into action with public awareness...

Pediatricians strengthen stance against spanking kids

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that adults caring for children use “healthy forms of discipline.” Read about alternatives to spanking.

Tips parents can use when talking about sexual abuse with children

It’s important for parents to talk about sexual abuse with children. This blog has tips on how to talk about sexual abuse with children.

Examining the vexing link between child abuse and bullying

Some abused children become sullen and depressed, others turn to aggression becoming the exact same thing they fear; a bully.

More than outrage, money is needed to combat child abuse

Outrage alone doesn’t protect children. Money is needed to combat child abuse, but it never seems to be a budget priority. Why’s that?

The Long-term Effects of Bullying on Children

Bullying is related to, and similar to, child abuse in some surprising ways. Here’s what you need to know!

Child sex abuse. Handling disclosure

If a child discloses sexual abuse to you, it could change both of your lives. But a little knowledge can make you into the person an abused child needs.

The One Blog About Pedophile Signals You Won’t Share

Butterflies and other signals pedophiles supposedly identify themselves with and use to express the sex of children they are interested in.

The case for Healthy Families NY and Maternal Home Visiting Programs

New York’s children deserve to be protected from trauma by home visiting programs like Healthy Families NY. Good for kids. Good for taxpayers.

Be a Helper

Be a helper to make the world a safer place for people to live in. Be a helper to put smiles on people’s faces. These are easy tasks that don’t cost much.

Holiday Safety

Holiday gatherings put children at risk of sexual abuse. We don’t need to avoid them, we need to learn to focus on safety during the holidays.

Santa Claus or not, don’t force your kids to sit on anybody’s knee

I like Santa Claus, don’t you? But I don’t like lying, I don’t like secrets and I don’t like forcing kids to sit on someone’s knee.

This holiday season don’t let abuse beget abuse

Another holiday season; shopping, gift-giving, celebrating, eating and decorating, but also the abuse that impacts our country during the holiday season.

Keep Calm and Holiday On

It’s important to keep calm and holiday on when you’re around a large group of family and friends. This blog post gives tips to keep calm and holiday on.

Survivors Surviving the Holidays

The holidays tend to be a tough time of year for survivors of child abuse. But common decency and thoughtfulness can help you survive the holidays.

How to handle holiday stress

During the seasonal period, people have many tasks. Trying to get to get these tasks done can create holiday stress. Here are tips to handle holiday stress.

How do we protect children from ACEs?

How do we protect children from ACEs? Maternal Home Visiting Services are the most effective tool for protecting children from trauma.

Educating the unthinkable

Children don’t have the tools to protect themselves from sexual abuse because their parents are often afraid to learn the facts about it.

One sex trafficking survivor’s story

A sex trafficking survivor talks about the path her trauma drove her down and her goal of helping other survivors heal.

The baby in the garbage bag

An unwanted baby was found in a garbage bag in the very city where the Maternal Home Visiting program that could have saved her was invented.