Domestic Violence Awareness Hasn’t Caught Up With #MeToo. Here’s Why.
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Court agreement allows registered sex offender dad unsupervised visitation rights
Should a registered sex offender be granted the right to become a custodial parent? When should the rights of a biological parent be considered inferior to those of a non-parent?
Non-Probative Information: The Tactic of Abusers
Why did Kavanaugh supporters use non-probative information. Isn’t this a discredited tactic? There are women who commit sexual abuse and domestic violence, but overwhelmingly, these crimes are committed by men and boys against women and children. A specialized body of...
What’s in a name? Especially when it’s hers?
What do we think about women who keep their surnames after marriage? And what do we think about their husbands? The answers are both surprising and telling.
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...
The high cost of fighting for your child
The high cost of fighting for your child. What does protecting your child from a partner who wants to hurt you and them cost? Time, energy… and a lot of money
Electronic abuse and intimate partner violence
When we think about intimate partner violence we think about yelling and hitting. We don’t think about electronic abuse; smartphones, thermostats and Alexa.
Her First Day In Kindergarten Became The Day Of Her Funeral
The day scheduled for Mikayla’s first day in kindergarten instead became the day of her funeral. This avoidable tragedy occurred because her father was a dangerous abuser who knew the best way to hurt Mikayla’s mother was to kill Mikayla. Mikayla died because too...
Kayden Mancuso Should Be Alive and Well
Kayden Mancuso was killed by a man who was known to be dangerous. But since he was her father, a judge gave him the access he needed to kill her.
Domestic violence signs and ways to protect someone
People shouldn’t experience domestic violence.Here are signs of domestic violence and ways people can be people be protected from it.
Warning to Judges, Evaluators, Caseworkers and Legislators
Research shows that child abuse and childhood exposure to domestic violence have life-long negative consequences for kids. But family court judges don’t know this, and until they do children will be harmed
Lenient judge in stanford rape case removed from office
California voters just recalled the judge who famously gave Brock Turner a ridiculously short sentence. This raises some real concerns among legal exerts, but leaving him on the bench would raise some real concerns among everyone.
Gold Star Protective Mothers
If the United States were to provide the same financial compensation and respect to protective mothers as it provides to Gold Star military mothers, our family courts would change quickly
#METOO: Where’s it going, what’s it from?
How did the #METOO movement start, how will it end, and what can we expect from it? Explore the benefits, possible drawbacks and the future of #METOO
Life After Abuse: A Guide To Financial Planning To Secure Your Future
98% of women in abusive relationships do not to leave due to a lack of money. Abuse does not stop there because the children are also in harm’s way.
Crisis hotlines: who, what, and why?
A lot of people call or chat crisis intervention help lines but what do they really offer, who exactly uses them, and do they really help?
Traumatic Divorce
No one thinks of divorces as easy or fun, but ones involving domestic violence or drug use are actually traumatic, and a lot more.
Healthcare response to intimate partner violence
Do doctors know they should screen for intimate partner violence? Do they know how to? And what should their response be if they find a victim?
Custody Court Crisis: Courageous kids taken away from safe parents by courts
What happens to kids who are taken away from a safe parent and handed to an abuser because of the Custody Court Crisis? Listen to a courageous kid’s story
How family courts treat abuse and accusations of alienation
When custody courts deal with allegations of abuse and parental alienation they make dangerous decisions most of the time.
The Voice of Dylan Farrow
Sex abuse is still a part of Dylan Farrow’s life, as is the injustice that comes with the way we deal with sex abuse. We need to listen to survivors.
Domestic violence, mental health, and substance abuse
Is your partner sabotaging your mental health or causing you to relapse into substance abuse? You’re not alone, but you need to understand what it means.
Choking. Strangulation. Whatever you call it, it happens way too often
Choking or strangulation is shockingly common in domestic violence. What do you need to know about it? Can it be treated? How can we prevent it?
Custody Court Crisis: Trauma, the brain, the courts, and the problems
Learn about trauma, your brain on trauma, the relationship between custody courts and trauma, and what we can do about it.
The Next Sex Scandals Will be Even Worse: We Must Protect Our Children
It feels like we have been inundated with a variety of sex scandals that seemed to start with Harvey Weinstein. The responses vary depending on political or financial interests and ignorance about sexism and misogyny. I can understand how many people might seek to...
Learn about fixing the family court crisis
National Domestic Violence expert Barry Goldstein and Stop Abuse Campaign’s Andrew Willis discuss what we can do to fix the family court crisis.
Custody Court Crisis: Courts hurt children
Protective mothers have said for years that the flawed practices in custody courts hurt the children. Court officials have reacted defensively.
Rules Children Can Live With: Children shouldn’t risk their lives to attend church.
There are twelve things we can do that would make tragedies like the recent mass shooting in Texas much more rare
Congressman Dan Donovan to support Federal Resolution H. Con. 72
New York Congressman Dan Donovan adds his support to the growing list of federal legislators interested in fixing the nation’s Custody Court Crisis
What Doesn’t Kill Me: A Film Expose on Domestic Violence and Court Revictimization
An interview with the director of the upcoming documentary What Doesn’t Kill Me, about family court-ordered abuse
