Children falling through the cracks
A 12 year old girl reports that her mother is starving her. Parenting classes won’t fix that but maternal home visiting programs will. If we fund them.
Advocates against child sexual abuse protest Agudath Israel
A protest against Agudath Israel for their opposition to the child victims act and their policies of discouraging the reporting of child sexual abuse to the police is scheduled for Sunday June 25
The Baby, the Bathwater and the Bad Mother
We love to write bills that punish cocaine-addicted mothers, but we don’t like to help them. Should we punish bad mothers?
Bill Cosby and the “look how well I turned out” defense
Bill Cosby joked about being abused as a child, and the punchline was “look how well I turned out”. That argument deserves re-examination.
The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse
New York advocates for child sexual abuse are dealing with remarkable successes but a remarkably unsympathetic legislature
Child abuse month. Top ten things you learn by listening to survivors
It’s child sex abuse month.There are things about being a sex abuse survivor that most people don’t know, but everyone should learn.
Monday Morning…
One mother’s story about a small boy, superman, punishment and bruises, tears, and a state that considers it acceptable to harm children.
Another New York Cover Up
At least seven youngsters were sexually abused at a Jesuit school in another New York cover-up. Catholic officials kept secret for a year.
Believe children who report sexual abuse
Would you believe a child who reported sexual abuse if the signs were there? Would you be suspicious? Would you know what to do?
The facts behind missing children like Krystal Alvarez
Discover the facts behind missing children and the scary stories that we hear. How do you protect your child?
When the abuser is a child…
What if the abuser is a child. About 40% of child sexual abuse is committed by minors. Some are 17 years old. But some are very young children.
Beyond the click bait (or what parents must know about child trafficking)
Child trafficking is scary, that doesn’t mean the scary stories we read on line are right. Here’s what parents need to know about child trafficking.
Incest: Why I keep talking about it
It’s never easy to talk about being raped. It’s never easy to use words like “incest” and “victim” about yourself. I still do it, and I have my reasons why.
“No One Is More Vulnerable…”
Sexually abused children are the most vulnerable people, and that they need to be protected by passing the Child Victims Act. NY Attorney General
A new old-fashioned look at mental illness
Our understanding of mental illness changed over the time, but it keeps going back to childhood experiences. The ACE study solidified that.
Why The Boy Scouts Are Lobbying Against Children
Boy Scouts of America have a history of protecting the secrets of abusers, not the safety of children, and that why they are against reform.
Sex offenders. Should we castrate them?
We all say we don’t like sex offenders, but we don’t like protecting kids from them, either
RIP Nicole Madison Lovell
Nicole was being sexaully abused, or groomed for abuse, by the man charged with her murder, David Eisenhauer. RIP Nicole Madison Lovell
Should we invest in Maternal Home Visiting programs?
Testimony in New York State calling for Maternal Home Visiting programs to be broadly available as a way of dramatically reducing abuse and neglect.
Are the Catholic Church hiding their sins?
The Catholic Church, Seattle diocese, fights statute of limitations reform while they released names of 77 abusive church employees. What are they hiding?
Why are we poisoning children?
Michigan leaders made the decision to poison children, thus harming them for the rest of their lives. But politicians do that all the time.
A teacher was fired for sexual abuse
A teacher was fired for sexual abuse with students. No teacher should put students through sexual abuse. If one does, he or she should be fired
Connecticut Task Force Concerning Minors Exposed to Domestic Violence
Connecticut established a task force to study minors exposed to domestic violence. Better idea, let’s stop domestic violence.
Foster care. A hollow victory in Texas
Texas court victory for foster care children will not stem the tide of children needing care. Investment in Maternal Home Visiting programs will.
Babies born addicted to drugs
Opioids: a tiny addict is born every 19 minutes. Maternal home visiting programs protect children better than foster care but we’re not using them.
Outrage does not prevent child abuse
We’re shocked by stories of children murdered and horribly abused, but don’t spend enough to protect children through Maternal Home Visiting programs.
Five Murdered Children. One Solution. And No One is Talking About It.
New York City is dealing with a rash of murdered children. In the midst of finger-pointing, no one is talking about the one real solution to the problem.
I know where a dangerous sex offender lives… but I can’t tell you
I know the whereabouts and habits of a dangerous sex offender, the one who abused me. And until we change the law, there’s nothing I can do about it.
The Lesson
There has to be a better way. Using fear and deception to teach lessons isn’t the way to produce compassionate, wise adults.
Lawmakers are enabling sexual predators
A horrifying child sexual abuse case in New York’s capital region only got prosecuted by some uncommon luck. New York’s Statute of Limitations on the crime keeps most offenders on the street.
