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Child Abuse News: Indiana State Supreme Court Ruling
Recently, I posted an article about how child abuse news stories in the media have a positive effect on changing laws (see post at Child Abuse News: Essential ...
Child Abuse News: Essential or Extraneous?
Child abuse is evil. Child abuse news reporting is not. In fact, in the opinion of this writer, child abuse news reporting by all forms of media has helped ...
Diaper Discipline, Child Abuse and Secrets
The following article was written in response to a comment made on my Ask Darlene page Is diaper discipline child abuse? The comment by MJ dated July ...
The Core
I'm just realizing all of the opportunity as a small child for my growth. And, I'm realizing I didn't get the nurturance and I didn't get positive reinforcement,...
Diaper Discipline: Reality vs Appearance
Note from Darlene: With permission from the author, this post was moved from the comments section of an Ask Darlene page titled Is diaper discipline ...
Kitten Nightmare
I awoke remembering a nightmare and I still can't shake it.
I was on my front steps and my dog was out there with me. My sister-in-law was on the perimeter ...
Null and Void
I think I've read every self-help book ever written. And Caroline Mysse has some really interesting concepts.
She talks about having a "Sacred Contract"...
From the Mouths of Babes 2 of 2
This dialogue (from Part 1 ) can go on and on. From the mouths of babes!
I begin to understand a little bit more. The chain smoking to self-soothe,...
From the Mouths of Babes 1 of 2
For decades I've led these Julia Cameron "Artist's Way" Circles/Workshops. She wrote the text in the 80's so it can feel dated but it always heals. I'...
Child Abuse: If I knew then, what I know now...
...what would I do differently? Keep a record. Dates, times, levels of attacks (0-10 on the rage-o-meter). Written somewhere safe. Treat her (my mother'...
Child Abuse at Swingers Club
Child abuse in a swingers club? Yes, it's true. In November of 2004 in Mineola, Texas as a result of allegations of child neglect and drug abuse, Child ...
Making Excuses for Sexual Abuse Allows Sexual Abuse
My 6- and 5-year-old granddaughters are placed with the father, who lives with the grandfather. The 6-year-old had revealed earlier that her father had ...
Child Abuse: Tell Me Vicky's Father Was Brought to Justice!
Darlene, I was downloading movies from an online source and accidently downloaded one that contained footage of a girl that was molested by her father ...
Aboriginal Child Abuse in Residential Schools: An Apology
Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, last week took an historic step by apologizing to aboriginal people for government action taken over the course ...
Child Abuse Ignored By Teachers
News Item: In the past three years, teachers in New South Wales, Australia have failed to report cases of child abuse and neglect in at least 44 ...
Child abuse sentence of 15 years upheld
Hey Darlene, love this Google Child Abuse news feed you have implemented. Gives me an opportunity to read and comment on child abuse news all in one place....
Child Abuse: Dispelling 6 Myths About Self Blame
The following are statements I receive from abuse victims, both children and adults, almost every day through my website. I'm addressing them here in an ...
Child abuse allegations go unreported
In the State of California, allegations of child abuse must be reported by district employees. State law and district policy mandate the reporting of any ...
Boys Suffer Child Abuse in Polygamist Sect
There is no question in my mind that girls at the Yearning for Zion Ranch (YZR) in Eldorado, Texas suffer sexual child abuse. The religious doctrine of ...
Child Abuse and Constitutional Rights
A Santa Monica English-as-a-second-language-middle-school teacher has been charged with 14 felony counts of sexual molestation. The allegations indicate ...
Child Abuse May Alter Gene Structure
Child abuse victims who have committed suicide may have done so as a result of chemical changes in their brain genes that were caused by suffering childhood ...
Where Were Child Protection Services?
Two senior social workers in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada said they had never before seen such an abused and traumatized child. When the 4-year-...
Child Abuse and Polygamy
Child abuse and polygamy - polygamy and child abuse: Are these words synonymous? It certainly would appear so, based on the preliminary information obtained ...
Can Childhood Spankings be Administered Because of or Lead to a Spanking Fetish?
I'm often asked this question. Each time I attempt to answer it, or address the issue of spanking as an inappropriate form of discipline, I'm barraged ...
"Relationship Violence" vs. "Domestic Violence"
There is a distinction between relationship violence (RV) and domestic violence (DV).
The term "relationship violence" is used when there is emotional,...
Sexual Abuse Under the Guise of Spanking for Discipline
I'm a married man who sought therapy for a spanking fetish I truly didn't understand until the last three years. Therapy is going well. Over the course ...
Why Parents Target a Specific Child for Abuse
Research into target-child selection, a term that is sometimes used to describe incidences where a parent singles out one child for abuse, is extremely ...
What Spanking Really Teaches
The vast majority believe it is their right to spank their child as a form of discipline. Some quote the Bible, arguing that it is their parental duty ...
Child Abuse Vs Spanking
Child Abuse vs Spanking: California Assemblywoman Sally Lieber (D-Mountain View) has sponsored a bill (AB 2943) which would ban the use of an implement,...
Kelsey's Law
Great that the state (Oklahoma) passed this law. I do not believe that children should be subjected to evident child abuse. I believe in cases like this,...
My two-year-old nephew Jesus Hernandez was beaten to death
This story is for my nephew, Jesus. He is no longer able to share his story, for child abuse claimed his life. At the age of two, my nephew Jesus was such ...
My Redemption from Self-Blame
I was 13 and shared a bed with my elder brother of 17 as was our custom coming from quite a large family. I was awoken one night to discover my manhood ...
As The Loss of Innocence Spreads
Recently, my brother went upstairs to check on his five-year-old son, three-year-old daughter and six-year-old playmate. He found the three together in ...
Dr. Phil: An Episode Worth Watching
Most abuse victims fantasize a confrontation with their abusers. Few have the opportunity to have the world's most famous PhD mediate such a confrontation....
I Was On Oprah
Twenty years ago, I was part of a group of men who were among the first to speak openly about our sexually abusive childhoods. Mike Lew, a foremost specialist ...
Internet Child Solicitation Laws in Indiana
I have a daughter who is about to turn seven. This fall her father, 36 years old, will be off probation for six counts of child solicitation via a computer ...
Ways to Stop Child Abuse
I just wanted to write a page about ways that we can prevent children from suffering at the hands of abusers. From what I have learned over the years in ...
No Help From Government
It's a shame that our government doesn't acknowledge there are more types of abuse against children than just physical. After four years of trying to get ...
Child Abuser Wants to Become a Counsellor
Help me please! Another acquaintance of mine has done the same thing. I mean he has initially been an abuser, come clean and is apparently now ready to ...
How Could a Child of Seven Remember?
Earlier in the year I was greatly distressed to hear and see on national TV a high profile cleric say in the defence of another member of the clergy, that ...
Is This Type of Violence Considered Child Abuse?
This article was inspired by a comment received on one of my commentary pages. The now 16-year-old girl described a violent and sexually abusive relationship ...
Oprah Deals with Abuse Allegations in African School
Oprah has been in the news over the past couple of weeks over allegations of sexual misconduct and physical abuse in her much-touted African school for ...
Sexual Assault Victims Will Tell Their Stories on Film
Sexual assault victims of former Vancouver, British Columbia teacher, Tom Ellison, will tell their stories in a film to be aired on Canada's CBC Newsworld....
Child Sexual Predator - ANOTHER UPDATE
The Canadian school teacher wanted by Interpol for sexual crimes against young Asian boys was arrested in northeastern Thailand yesterday.
The world'...
Child Sexual Predator - UPDATE
The manhunt for Christopher Paul Neil, the child sexual predator whose distorted image police reconstructed last week, is now focused on Bangkok, Thailand,...
Why Aren't We Picketing Child Abuse?
Let's start this off by saying I was abused as a child myself. I wasn't as adversely affected by it as much as some other girls. I'm saying that, as an ...
Have You Seen This Sexual Predator?
Interpol has made a global appeal for help in identifying the man you see in the professionally enhanced image above.
Photographs posted on the Internet ...
Toddler's Death Results in New Oklahoma Law
The death of a toddler from Meeker, Oklahoma in October 2005 prompted state senators to pass House Bill 2840, the Kelsey Smith-Briggs Child Protection ...
Child Abuse in the News
The following are captured from recent child abuse headlines:
Lancing, Tennessee couple face child abuse charges when their 7-week-old daughter was ...
Outraged at Public Response to Child Abuse
A 27-year-old mother of three was arrested earlier this month on a charge of felony child abuse after a neighbor lodged a complaint with authorities. When ...
Resiliency a Plus, Don't Keep Abuse a Secret
I wrote the article Legal System Fails, Cycle of Abuse Continues. I now write a follow-up as to how things are going at this point in time.
I have seen ...
Child Abuse: A Parent's Responsibility
Parents can be charged with child abuse—a felony charge—even when the abuse is by the hand of another.
Such is the case of an Oklahoma ...
Spanking: A Case for Sexual Assault
Recently, I was on a forum where a parent described and extolled the virtues of administering a bare-bottom spanking to her 13-year-old daughter. The mother ...
Legal System Fails, Cycle Of Abuse Continues
In 2000 I was awarded sole custody of my children due to my ex-husband's abuse and aggression, the placement was supervised by my ex's sister. During my ...
Child Abuse an Epidemic in New Zealand
Three-year-old Nia Glassie has become the poster-child for child abuse in New Zealand.
Nia suffered severe head and abdominal injuries, allegedly inflicted ...
Parricide is a Child Abuse Effect
Child abuse can result in parricide, the killing of one's mother or father. Such is the case of a 13-year-old who is charged with killing her 34-year-old ...
Prevent Child Abuse: Tips to Help Keep Your Child Safe in Daycare
Four things parents can do to protect a child in daycare:
1. Spot check the daycare regularly, unannounced
Quality caregivers welcome impromptu ...
A Case of Child Abuse Part 1
I'm still shaking. I just witnessed a case of child abuse, child neglect to be exact.
I was jogging down one of the streets in my neighbourhood when ...
A Case of Child Neglect Part 2
What does Aboriginal status have to do with child abuse?
Last week I reported witnessing a case of child neglect after I discovered a caregiver had ...
Autism, Child Abuse and Neglect
Parents of autistic children have been fighting the provincial governments in Canada for years over getting subsidized specialized care for their autistic ...
Female circumcision a barbaric form of child abuse
Police in the U.K. are offering £20,000 reward ($40,000 U.S.) for information that would bring to justice anyone involved in female circumcision....
Support a White House Conference on Children and Youth!
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is calling on Congress and the new President to hold a long overdue White House Conference on Children and Youth ...
When We Dispose of Children
Child prostitution: A 9-year-old boy and his 8-year-old cousin told me it was a family tradition.
In 1993, an old friend called and said he ...
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Supreme Court rules no duty to parents
Child welfare agencies have the right to remove children from families without fear of retribution from those families, according to Canada's highest court.
Abuse rates rise during deployment
Incidents of abuse and neglect skyrocket among U.S. military families when the spouse is deployed to war zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
Is religious education a form of abuse?
Religion violates the rights of children, according to Innaiah Narisetti, chairman of the India chapter of the Center for Inquiry.
Legalized sexual abuse in Japan
A father in Japan admitted to suddenly touching his then 11-year-old daughter’s breast in order to "measure her sexual growth".
Jail time vs. rehab for pedophiles
Jim Gamble, a senior policeman in charge of child protection in an England community . . . suggested policing rather than jail time should be considered for pedophilia.
Gov't compensation for institutional child maltreatment
The Beattie Government in Australia has just announced a $100 million compensation fund for victims who suffered child maltreatment in state-run institutions.
Sex offenders use history of abuse as defense
Two Australian men . . . claimed they abducted a 14-year-old boy and repeatedly sexually assaulted him over a 21-day period because they themselves were victims of childhood sexual abuse.
Guest Article By Freeland Journalist Derek Robertson
With over 80,000 reported cases a year of sexual abuse in the United States alone, and with it estimated to be at least that number of unreported cases, it's become clear . . .
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