How do we stop the bullying epidemic?
Do you ever think one of your children could be a bully? It is a hard question to answer, but children who bully other children have to belong to someone.
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It’s time for New York to call a rape a rape
Lydia Cuomo was brutally raped by an off duty NY policeman who was then found not guilty of rape. The Rape is Rape bill will make every rape a rape.
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?
What have John Bobbitt’s penis and too many children of divorce got in common?
For children involved in contested custody cases the answer is a lot more than you think. Both stories involve domestic violence and sexual abuse.
Expert witnesses: How bias and unreliability can affect your court case
Expert witness How bias and unreliability can affect your court case Airing Saturday, January 12, at 11 AM Pacific Time Available thereafter through the archive Anyone who watches TV, or goes through a custody battle, or knows someone who has tangled with the courts,...
How to discipline without using corporal punishment
Spanking has been a controversial topic in the realm of parenting for some time. Is physical punishment ever justified? What are appropriate measures when it comes to discipline? Reflecting on the foundation and purpose of parental authority as well as on virtues...
Even from jail, sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein manipulated the system. His victims were kept in the dark
BY JULIE K. BROWN NOV. 28, 2018 A decade before #MeToo, a multimillionaire sex offender from Florida got the ultimate break. Palm Beach County Courthouse June 30, 2008 Jeffrey Edward Epstein appeared at his sentencing dressed comfortably in a blue blazer, blue shirt,...
The Church Settled Sexual Abuse Cases Against This Priest. Why Is He Still Saying Mass?
By Sharon Otterman New York Times Dec. 20, 2018 MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — The Rev. Donald G. Timone, cloaked in the purple and gold robes of Advent, led the procession down the central aisle of St. Joseph’s Church here on the first Sunday of December. Celebrating the 11:30...
The Roman Catholic Church Have Forgiven Their Own Sins For Too Long
The Roman Catholic Church has covered up years of child sexual abuse by priests. The crisis is institutional. With the involvement, and cooperation, of bishops, archbishops, and even cardinals. The Pennsylvania Grand Jury report, now supported by investigations in...
Lists of Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse Are Spilling Out Across the Country
By Campbell Robertson New York Times PITTSBURGH — It was a list Charles L. Bailey Jr. had wanted to see for years: the names of the priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse who had been credibly accused of sexual abuse. Mr. Bailey, 67, a longtime local...
Ten facts prove America allows abuse
For those who don’t pay close attention to news about domestic violence and sexual assault it might sound crazy to suggest that America allows abuse; but we have for a long time. The shocking news about three straight years with reduced life expectancy rates places...
Should Childhood Trauma Be Treated As A Public Health Crisis?
← Can people be saved from a terrible childhood experiences? Lisa Ling Your one-sided show on child custody put children at risk → Researchers followed a group of kids from childhood into adulthood to track the link between trauma in early life and adult...
Can people be saved from a terrible childhood experiences?
← Pediatricians strengthen stance against spanking kids Should Childhood Trauma Be Treated As A Public Health Crisis? → US researchers have found early intervention can help prevent negative experiences in infancy turning into long-term health risksby Lauren...
Pediatricians strengthen stance against spanking kids
(CNN)The American Academy of Pediatrics has hardened its stance against spanking children as a form of parental discipline. In a new policy statement, published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday, the pediatricians’ group recommends that adults caring for...
How Buffalo NY Bishop Richard Malone Concealed Sexual Abuse
← Countries that ban spanking have kids who are less likely to be violent Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse Homicide in Hanging → 60 Minutes: Whistleblower says Bishop Richard Malone knew of sexual abuse allegations, but did nothing. For the first time...
Countries that ban spanking have kids who are less likely to be violent
Spanking is, at present, controversial among U.S. parents. Is a tap on the rump OK just to correct behavior the way your parents did? Or is spanking in any form child abuse – enough said? A large study from BMJ Open found spanking, slapping and smacking has...
HRSA $361 million to support families for maternal home visiting services.
← Infant death and DCFS: Is unsafe sleep abusive? An Esteemed Doctor, Child Sexual Abuse Claims and a Hospital That Knew for Years → The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced approximately $361 million in funding to 56 states,...
Countries where smacking children is banned ‘are safer to grow up in’
← Domestic Violence Awareness Hasn’t Caught Up With #MeToo. Here’s Why. Facts you may not know about human trafficking → Countries that ban the smacking of children appear to be safer for young people to grow up in, according to research revealing that...
Domestic Violence Awareness Hasn’t Caught Up With #MeToo. Here’s Why.
← Pope Defrocks 2 Retired Chilean Bishops Over Sexual Abuse of Minors Countries where smacking children is banned 'are safer to grow up in' → By Sarah Mervosh When Kaylee Kapatos posted on Facebook this month that she was a survivor of domestic...
Judge Kavanaugh, She Was Only 15
What does it mean if we let a woman’s disclosure of sexual assault by Judge Kavanaugh keep him from getting to the supreme court? And what does it say about us if we don’t?
Redefining The Cycle Of Abuse
← Previous article Next article → The cycle of abuse is a social cycle theory developed in 1979 by Lenore E. Walker to explain patterns of behavior in an abusive relationship. The cycle usually goes in the same order, and will repeat until the conflict is...
What parents need to know about sexting
Are your children sending sexual images or texts via cellphone and other electronic devices? You might be surprised when you read this.
Rome Fiddles While Children Are Raped
There are more saints assigned to watch over infants, little boys and girls, and adolescents than any other group, perhaps because they are the most vulnerable members of the human family. Apparently, all the saints together cannot stop priests and other religions...
The Silence of the Children (Locked Away in the Secret Archives of the Archdiocese of New York City)
New York lawmakers last week closed their 2017 session in “legislative hell,” as one Senator called it, without resolving a number of important issues, including the Child Victims Act, which would reform New York’s antiquated child sex abuse statutes of limitations...Who Would Oppose The Child Victims Act?
← Previous article Next article → New York State Republicans, Boy Scouts, and the Catholic Church LAUREN EVANS Village Voice An article by Lauren Evans from New York’s Village Voice summing up who is blocking the Child Victims Act and why. The article...
The story of surviving myself
A great life, the consequences of childhood trauma catching up, surviving and then going on to found the Stop Abuse Campaign
New York politicians protect church not children
Why do New York’s legislators insist on protecting churches and other organizations that shelter sex offenders, but not children they abuse?
Saunders Study
Family courts must be better trained in domestic violence Frequent and substantial complaints that custody courts use deeply flawed practices that put children in danger came from protective mothers. Court officials dismissed their concerns as coming from “disgruntled...
Massachusetts appeals court rules convicted rapists have parental rights over babies born from rape
Men convicted of rape who impregnate their victims have parental rights over the babies born from their crimes. But what about the impact on the child?
Kelly Rutherford’s Children Lose Custody Case
Kelly Rutherford was involved in an all too common custody case. The circumstances would suggest the court had an easy decision; maintain custody with the mother. But the court instead reached a decision that defies logic and clearly places the children in jeopardy. ...