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.
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How to prevent abuse in APRIL
How can you or I prevent abuse in April? How can we make a difference? We could start with just one small thing each day.
How to spot a sex offender
How do you spot a sex offender? Sex offenders cannot be profiled. There is no specific race, gender, sexual orientation, or education level that defines us.
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?
Sex offenders hide here
The Southern Baptist Church is no exception to being vulnerable to sex-offenders. They are not properly protecting the safety of a child.
No Way Out: A months-long investigation into New York’s domestic violence laws
Mothers are sounding alarm about NY domestic violence laws. Far too often violent batterers are awarded child custody with potential deadly consequences.
New York Child Victims Act. How do I get justice?
New York’s Child Victims Act allows previously lapsed claims to be filed in court, the next issue for victims and survivors is how to access justice.
Adverse childhood experiences and how to recover from ACEs
It’s difficult to recover from ACEs, but it can done. This blog gives eight useful tips to recover from ACEs allowing people to go through life with ease.
The parents guide to protecting children from pedophiles
Offenders are not men in a trench coats. We are members of your family. We are people you know and trust. We are people who have access to your child.
Pedophiles on YouTube are symptom of a bigger problem
Pedophiles on YouTube: while parents are aghast, they don’t seem to realize that YouTube is only a symptom of a larger problem.
The hate you give: THUG Life
Do you know ‘The Hate U Give’? It has an important message in the acronym “THUG LIFE.” The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everyone.
Child abuse statistics. And how to prevent child abuse statistics from increasing
Child abuse continues to increase. There are ways to prevent them from doing so. Decreasing child abuse would make the world safer
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.
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...
Family Court and the Catholic Church: Shattering the last taboos for institutions that fail our children
Secrecy and lack of accountability. Courts, and the male-dominated church, refuse to believe that a father would abuse his own child.
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.
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.
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.
What Parents Need to Know about Sexual Grooming
Understanding the steps of sexual grooming can help parents protect their children. Child molesters use grooming in preparation for committing sexual abuse.
Does domestic violence lower the glass ceiling? Recruiting women for a study.
We need your help whether you have experienced DV or not. Please answer these quick research questions about work. Your answers remain anonymous.
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...
Why men abuse women and what makes them stop
Four decades after domestic violence first became a public issue our courts still don’t understand why men abuse women. That’s dangerous for children.
To the folks who say sending my kids to CPS is child abuse … I have thoughts
Author Heidi Stevens Chicago Tribune Every time I write about Chicago Public Schools, I spend the next few days fielding emails telling me I should move. On Thursday, I wrote a column asking CPS for more transparency about the sexual violence uncovered in a series of...
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,...
Priest Who Was Still Saying Mass After Abuse Settlements Is Suspended
By Sharon Otterman New York Times The Archdiocese of New York has suspended a priest who had continued his clerical duties despite two settlements paid for allegations of sexual abuse of teenage boys. The Rev. Donald G. Timone, 84, is the subject of an internal...
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...