End the Statute of Limitations on Child Sexual Abuse
Statute of limitation reform will help end child sexual abuse. But the Catholic church is fighting against it tooth and nail. Why?
Cardinal George Pell
The Cardinal Pell scandal is shocking, but it’s important to remember that the Catholic church isn’t the only place where children get sexually abused.
Child sex-abuse law reform would save kids in the future
Removing New York’s statute of limitations for child sexual abuse is the right thing to do now and a major step in protecting tomorrow’s children
What To Be “Aware” Of For Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month; beware not all programs that claim to be about rape prevention actually deliver.
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.
When Lawyers forget Equitable
If a lawyer for women’s rights cannot base their arguments on the fundamental equality between men and women, how good can they be?
Predators using secret signals. Fact or Fiction?
Do you know how to protect your child from sex abuse? You won’t really know unless you understand the facts. Knowledge is power after all.
Kesha’s Rape
Rape will never end until we stop judging rape victims, start believing them, and stop criticizing their supporters. We can do it.
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?
Recovery from sexual abuse
Recovering from sexual abuse can be difficult. A parents role in their child’s recovery sets the tone for a path of healing or not.
Boston Globe: Custody Court Crisis
The Boston Globe examines the custody court crisis. Judges and legislators should do the same before more children are harmed
Bystander intervention can prevent abuse
Bystander intervention helps prevent abuse before it happens and helps to set a precedent for what is acceptable behavior and what is not.
Preventing child sexual abuse
There are a lot of things parents can do to prevent their children from being sexually abused. They all start with understanding more about sexual abuse.
Your child was sexually abused. Start with, I believe you
What do you do if your child says they were sexually abused. There are things you can say that will make a huge difference. Starting with “I believe you.”
Mandated Reporters
Reporting suspected child abuse is a good idea, and for many it’s the law. Before you check your state’s mandatory reporting laws check your morals.
What Judge Gorcyca taught us about the “success” of forced reunification
Judge Gorcyca sent a 9, 10 and 13 year old to juvenile detention after they refused to meet their father. A lesson in the ‘success’ of forced reunification.
The man who raped me is dead
The man who raped me is dead. The start of an emotional roller coaster. Because every day we are surviving…even the day our rapist dies.
How Mothers are Destroyed…
Family court systematically destroys good mothers who are battered by their partners or protecting abused children by placing the children in the hands of the abuser
Protecting children from sexual abuse: Secrets
Child sexual abuse is an epidemic. If we didn’t have an epidemic of people who keep rapists’ secrets, we wouldn’t have an epidemic of abuse.
Breaking the cycle of abuse
Breaking the cycle of abuse. The cornerstones of any abusive family; the secrets, the lying, the overwhelming guilt and shame.
Don’t blame the clowns for abuse
“Clowns Seen in Wooded Areas Luring Children to Join Them,” an attention-getting headline, but what about the rest of the facts? Can we blame the clowns?
Stopping Child Sexual Abuse
Our silence, and our children’s innocence and shame. Bringing sexual abuse out of the shadows shatters the silence that perpetrators count on.
Denial, More Than Anything, Is Hindering Progress For Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse
Are we all in denial that 1 in every 5 children are sexually abused? Survivors of child sexual abuse call for change in every state.
Choosing the right daycare
Every parent’s worst nightmare, choosing the wrong daycare and all that means. Learn what you need to know in order to keep your children safe in daycare
The painful cost of disbelieving women part 2
Women and children are often disbelieved in rape cases. Courts hear their truth from abusers. Women and children rarely make false reports.
The painful cost of disbelieving women
Disbelieving rape reports from women is common. Women will continue to suffer as long as we ignore the research that shows they don’t lie.
Human trafficking, pedophile rings, and what you need to worry about
We can’t talk and learn enough about child sex trafficking and pedophile rings. Protecting children requires actions that are harder, and more mundane.
Bill Cosby’s War on Women
How could Bill Cosby rape more than 50 women over a number of decades while maintaining his success and popularity?
Massachusetts appeals court rules convicted rapists have parental rights over babies born from rape
Men convicted of rape who impregnate their victims have parental rights over the babies born from their crimes. But what about the impact on the child?
Custody Court Crisis: Michigan Court’s Tsimhoni case requires evidence based reforms
3 innocent children sent to jail, compared to Charles Manson and sent for reunification treatment that has been described by some victims as threat therapy
