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Custody Court Crisis: Battered Mothers Custody Conference
Custody Court Crisis: Protective mothers will be sharing experiences and meeting experts at the Battered Mothers Custody Conference in April.
Custody Court Crisis: How many deaths are caused by Shared Parenting versus Safe Parenting?
The court’s first duty should be a child’s health and safety but they routinely create shared parenting arrangements that put children in danger.
Name a cockroach after your ex, feed it to meerkat on Valentine’s Day
Got a Valentine message for your ex? Name a cockroach after your ex then. El Paso zoo will feed it to one of their Meerkats for you.
Connecticut Legislative Hearing Concerning Parental Alienation Syndrome and Shared Parenting
Evidence provided by Barry Goldstein to the CT hearing. Parental Alienation Syndrome is a debunked theory at the center of the Custody Court Crisis.
Why you should care about maternal home visiting services. They save lives and money.
20 years ago CDC research on childhood trauma, called ACEs, showed survivors lead shorter sicker lifes. Why aren’t we doing anything?
How to appreciate survivors of abuse, while supporting it’s victims
Survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and other traumas are rightly proud of overcoming the horrendous mistreatment they have suffered. At the same time, victims of abuse want understanding and support for the enormous harm they have suffered. Survivors are...
Workplace pests. Find out if they’re caused by Idiopathic Mutual Irritants?
Workplace pests upsetting you? Do you know about Idiopathic Mutual Irritation? Louise Penberthy will give advice to all of us on how to deal with both.
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.
BREAKING THE CHAIN OF CHILD ABUSE
Author: BARBARA DROSNIN FALL 1978 I was sitting in the Lincoln School cafeteria in Ashland, Ore., when I first saw Rachel. She was standing on the risers, rear row to the left, performing in a choral program with 40 other fifth graders. What initially attracted me to...
Judges to undergo psychological domestic abuse training
Scotland’s Domestic Abuse bill creates an offence of “abusive behaviour. Includes psychological abuse such as coercive control.
Statute of Limitation reform victory in New York
New York passed the Child Victims Act making it a safer place for children, better for survivors of child sexual abuse and a worse place for sex offenders.
Zen talk and trauma. Does it help?
Zen talk and trauma. Does it help? Airing Saturday, January 19, at 11 AM Pacific Time, Available after through the archive at www.blogtalkradio.com/3women3ways. Is Buddhism a philosophy? A religion? A way of life? Well, yes and no. But the bigger...
How to protect your child from sex abuse
There is no time for sexual abuse but there is always a time and place for discussion about child sex abuse prevention with your children.
Lawsuit: Mormon Church Failed to Keep Child Safe From Abuse
By The Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Another member of the Navajo Nation is suing the Mormon church, saying he was abused in a now-defunct program that sent children into foster care for the school year. Unlike similar lawsuits, the complaint filed...
How to prevent self hatred
What if we could prevent our children from hating themselves, and instead foster self-love and in turn, self-care? Turns out, we can! Imagine if you will growing up with a particular set of values. Perhaps you don’t even have to imagine it; perhaps you actually did...
Rural women and violence
Rural women and violence Airing Saturday, January 19, at 11 AM Pacific Time, Available after through the archive at www.blogtalkradio.com/3women3ways. Is there a difference between the violence women in urban areas suffer and the violence that rural...
How can we change toxic behavior?
If you’ve seen the Gillette commercial addressing toxic masculinity, chances are you have an opinion about it. The ad takes a new spin on the decades old Gillette slogan, asking “Is this the best a man can get?” while showing news clips and dramatizations of bullying,...
Victims of Abuse by Religious Order Priests Say Their Claims Fall Through the Cracks
Author Jack Healy When Larry Antonsen decided to report a priest who sexually abused him during high school, he believed the Archdiocese of Chicago was the right place to go. Mr. Antonsen and his wife were lifelong churchgoers who sent their children to Sunday school...
What Parents Need to Know about Sexual Grooming
Understanding the stages of sexual grooming can help to protect your child In the fall of 2011, Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with 52 counts of sex crimes against young boys. As the investigation unfurled, the public learned...
Does domestic violence lower the glass ceiling? Recruiting women for a study.
Does experiencing domestic violence in the past affect job success in the future? Recruiting women to take part in a study. We need your help whether you have experienced domestic violence or not. You will not have to identify yourself. It's a question...
John Wetteland, a Former Major Leaguer, Is Charged With Sexually Abusing a Child
By The Associated Press DENTON, Tex. — John Wetteland, a former pitcher who was named the most valuable player of the Yankees’ 1996 World Series victory, has been charged in Texas with continual sex abuse of a child under 14. Wetteland, 52, was arrested Monday and...
Only a third of US Catholics think priests are honest or ethical
Harriet Sherwood: Religion correspondent, The Guardian Poll shows confidence in church at record low after report on sexual abuse in Pennsylvania The proportion of US Catholics who regard priests as honest and ethical has plummeted to a record low of fewer than one in...
Tennessee Education Committee to be chaired by credibly accused child sex abuser
Tennessee: Despite calls from protesters — and the previous House speaker — for his resignation, a state lawmaker accused of inappropriate sexual conduct against multiple teens has been named chairman of an education subcommittee. Rep. David Byrd, R-Waynesboro, has...
How can rapists have better rights than sperm donors?
An Arizona woman in a vegetative state who has been living in a nursing home for more than a decade gave birth December 29 to a baby boy, but that’s not the most revolting part of the story. The man who raped and impregnated her is considered the child’s father, with...
‘We Say Sorry’: Australia Formally Apologizes to Victims of Child Sexual Abuse
By Rick Rojas SYDNEY, Australia — Australia sought to atone for a decades-long epidemic of child sexual abuse on Monday, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued an official apology that acknowledged the government’s systemic failures to protect the nation’s...
When report cards go out on Fridays, child abuse increases on Saturdays, study finds
Students at a Florida school. A new study shows an association between the timing of report card distribution at public schools in the state and confirmed reports of child abuse.CreditCreditMarsha Halper/The Miami Herald, via Associated Press By Julia Jacob Report...
Officials: South Shore 1-year-old died from child abuse
Author Chicago Tribune staff The death of a 1-year-old South Shore boy was ruled a homicide, officials said. An autopsy Saturday for Ahmir Rosario, of the 7600 block of South Colfax Avenue, determined he died of multiple injuries from child abuse, according to the...
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,...
Child porn ring leader beaten to death at MI detention center, authorities say
Author Associated Press; Nick Vivian MILAN, Mich. (AP) — A New York man sentenced to 40 years in prison as the leader of a child pornography ring died after a fight involving seven inmates at a federal detention center in Michigan, authorities said Friday. Christian...
Child abuse and neglect deaths down in Indiana: report
Author Meredith Colias-Pete Nearly 60 children died in Indiana from abuse or neglect in fiscal year 2016, according to state report. One child died in Lake County from abuse, while another died from neglect in LaPorte County, according to the Indiana Department of...