stop abuse campaign

This month I have been focusing on those that abuse our kids. Who and where are they and what do they do to gain access to our kids? I think by now you are aware that they are all around us.  In our communities, school, churches, rec centers etc.  It is important to remember that when looking into

When Carie Charlesworth's husband caused a troubling domestic violence incident, the Diocese of San Diego responded by firing her for it.  Promising to pray for her in a letter (see below) she was told there was no role for her at her school or any other school in the Diocese. Carie, a second grade

Our new campaign is focused on protecting our children.  After all children are the key to our future and every child should have a safe home to grow up in.   But, today they don't; each year approximately 15 million children are exposed to domestic violence almost a quarter of adults report

This week I am happy to announce we have a guest blogger Feather Berkower.  You will  learn more about Feather below, but she is a colleague in the prevention movement and shares our passion for educating adults on how to prevent child sexual abuse.  I asked Feather to share her eduction points on

I am Claire Lancaster and I am one of many concerned parents and taxpayers living in Marion County, Florida where in April 2013 the School Board voted to reinstate corporal punishment after we had successfully banned paddling 3 years earlier. Our children are our future and we all want what's best

According to the Human Rights Campaign highly rejected LGBT young people, like those sent to be "straightened out" with conversion therapy are: So, when did you decide to be straight? There's no straight conversion therapy so in an equal opportunity world there should be no gay conversion therapy

This week Minnesota's State Senate stood up to the special interests that have been blocking the passage of the Child Victims Act in Minnesota and passed the act with a vote of 66 to 0.   Now victims of child sex abuse in Minnesota will be able to identify their abusers and have the right to prove

We know America has a problem with child sexual abuse. We know New York State does too. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a United States federal agency, almost a quarter of America's children are sexually abused before they are 18 years old. That's sad, but

We know America has a problem with child sexual abuse. We know Minnesota does too. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a United States federal agency, almost a quarter of America's children are sexually abused before they are 18 years old. That's sad, but what's even

Should Facebook participate in the anti-bullying movement by adding a "Bully Button" to report and suspend bullies for verified abuses?  VOTE TO MAKE YOUR VOICE COUNT AND SEND THE RESULT TO FACEBOOK OR 20,000 JOURNALISTS WORLDWIDE. We can't stop bullying overnight but together we can