I couldn’t make the Twitter chat referred to in this post last night. That time difference to the UK falls right towards the end of my work day, not great for following twitter, but I really thought what Karen wrote here is something that many of us would do well to remember when we are…
This wasn’t a case of “stranger danger”. “He was so sinister that he also conducted a scheme that would allow him to gain access to children who were growing up in single-parent homes, to position himself as a person to be helpful to a single mom,” This was a case of grooming an entire family….
I’m a little late seeing this article from the IWF, but I was so, so happy to see what their number 1 thing to do was: 1. Talk about online safety with your children, as soon as they have access to internet connected devices. Don’t send them off into the online world without some education….
Now, I think we all know the Uncustomary Housewife is not a blog I’d normally be aware of, and in fact, until yesterday, I wasn’t. But I love using whatever platform to spread this message, and I’m glad she is allowing other folks to share their stories. “I started the “Not Alone Series”: a series…
This article is about the UK, but we’ve seen plenty of similar stories in the US. I’m sure many of you from other countries might even see it in your areas as well. The Chief Inspector of Prisons has just described the past year as a “dramatic period in which we documented some of the most…
Yes, absolutely! Thankfully, trauma doesn’t have to be the end. We know if individuals get help and have a support system, they can heal. They are resilient. The trouble is, many kids who are being abused wound up vulnerable to abusive situations because they didn’t have that support system in place to start with. Children…
