May 2, 2018 | Feature, Sex Abuse, Trauma: Healing, Trauma: Prevention
What if a child in your life chooses you as his/her trusted adult? What can we do if a child reports abuse? First and foremost we can listen and believe, because the best chance for a positive outcome begins with that! With proper, early intervention, healing can, and...
Apr 6, 2018 | Feature, Trauma: Prevention
April 30th is NO SPANK DAY! Before you stop reading this latest bit on not spanking, please consider that I agree with you that spanking works, just maybe not in the ways most parents intended. Spanking teaches valuable lessons. Yes, true, it does! It teaches that...
Mar 23, 2018 | Feature, Sex Abuse, Trauma: Prevention
I like the Easter bunny, really, I do. I have nothing but happy and positive things to say about Easter egg dyeing and hunting, baskets filled with candy and prizes, warmer weather, family get-togethers, sunshine, rainbows, pictures of little ones on the lap of a man...
Feb 24, 2018 | Feature, Trauma: Prevention
What does oversharing on social media have to do with consent, boundaries, and setting precedent? Lots, actually. Of course, I’m not talking about sweet pictures of sleeping babies, but what about screen shots of texts from rebellious teens and tweens? How about the...
Feb 13, 2018 | Feature, Trauma: Prevention
I bet lots of us celebrate (and by celebrate, I mean endure) the season of Lent. A time in our journey toward Easter or spring to give up chocolate, or cursing, or fast food, or any number of things that interfere with a healthy life. Whether we are talking about...
