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Why Oversharing Is Dangerous
← Previous article Next article → By Laura Fogerty What does oversharing on social media have to do with consent, boundaries, and setting precedent? Lots, actually. Of course, I’m not talking about...
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Abuse survivors, trauma experts push for Child Victims Act
← Previous article Next article → By Samantha Christmann Melanie Blow was 24 years old when she identified to police the man she said raped her as a teenager, a man who was now suspected of abusing...
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Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect with the Power of Relationships
Author: Prevent Child Abuse America “We all have the power to change someone’s life through our relationships.” That is a key takeaway from this past Sunday’s 60 Minutes segment on childhood trauma...
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Family Court is Broken. But there’s a wrong way to fix it.
← Previous article Next article → By Melanie Blow Apparently, South Carolina is one of at least 17 states considering fixing something that isn’t broken. That’s not true- the family court is broken....
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Domestic Violence Survivors Help Law Makers Draft Safe Child Act in Minn.
← Previous article Next article → Five-year-old Mikayla Olson was about to start kindergarten. But she never got the chance. “We attended her funeral the day she was supposed to start,” said Mikayla’s...
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Shaken Baby Syndrome and How It Impacts Babies
← Previous article Next article → By Joanne Marszal Shaken Baby Syndrome and How It Impacts Babies It’s the middle of the night a young mother is sleeping and suddenly, her baby starts to cry. She...
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The Easter Bunny
← Previous article Next article → By Laura Fogerty I like the Easter bunny, really, I do. I have nothing but happy and positive things to say about Easter egg dyeing and hunting, baskets filled with...
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The One Blog About Pedophile Rings You Won’t Share
← Previous article Next article → By Melanie Blow First Published in Medium I have known what this crazy butterfly supposedly represents for about a decade. Blogs about it, and other signals...
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Tackling Stress: How To Get Your (Hair’s) Bounce Back
← Previous article Next article → By Writing Jackie Feeling panicked at the amount of hair on your hairbrush or nestled in the plughole? You’re not alone. Hair loss can be a direct consequence of...
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Stop Abuse Campaign, sponsors, allies gather to present petition for Child...
← Previous article Next article → By Melanie Blow On Monday March 26 the Stop Abuse Campaign presented its petition to pass the Child Victims Act. Stop Abuse Campaign’s petition was combined with...
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Life After Abuse: A Guide To Financial Planning To Secure Your Future
← Previous article Next article → By Writing Jackie Dealing with finances while planning to escape an abusive relationship can be a harrowing experience but experts say that low-income women have the...
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Healthy Eating Doesn’t Have to Break The Bank
← Previous article Next article → By Helen Sanders If you are on a tight budget you may think that buying fresh produce and cooking with it is going to be expensive. The truth is, that making your own...
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April 30th is NO SPANK DAY!
← Previous article Next article → By Laura Fogerty April 30th is NO SPANK DAY! Before you stop reading this latest bit on not spanking, please consider that I agree with you that spanking works, just...
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Hawaii is about to enact a discriminatory anti-equality bill
← Previous article Next article → By Wendy Murphy Hawaii is about to pass a horrible new law that will subject ONLY sex-based civil rights harms to different and worse treatment compared to harms...
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You can protect women and children right now- here’s how
← Previous article Help Women and Children Around the World April is child abuse prevention month. Right now the Stop Abuse Campaign is partnering with Trades of Hope, protecting children from abuse...
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Disclosure
← Previous article Next article → By Laura Fogerty What if a child in your life chooses you as his/her trusted adult? What can we do if a child reports abuse? First and foremost we can listen and...
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Who’s opposed to giving child sex abuse victims more time to file lawsuits?
← Previous article Next article → Should victims of child sex abuse be able to sue their abusers decades later? The New York State Legislature is considering extending the statute of limitations on...
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The Long-term Effects of Bullying on Children
← Previous article Next article → By WritingJackie The risk of bullied children developing mental health problems is drastic. Recent research has uncovered the shocking statistic that around 40% of...
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Once I got tired of feeling that…
← Previous article Next article → By Andrea Dinklage Once I got tired of feeling that I could not be happy, I started to analyze myself. I asked myself many times what is wrong with me, why I can’t be...
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More than outrage, money is needed to combat child abuse
← Previous article Next article → By Melanie Blow First published in the Buffalo News Cries for justice after a child is murdered may satisfy, but they don’t protect children. Ethan Bigham deserved a...
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