Put it this way, I have not put the usual spoiler warning on this episode. That’s not just because it’s the last season to American viewers and we’ve only just watched it this week in the UK. Any charming family scene in a show like CSI/Miami only serves to make the episode predictable. It’s not…
The author of Many Faces of PTSD, Susan Stocker, was kind enough to send me a free copy of her book. I have to admit that I was a little ambivalent about reviewing it, simply because I’ve never really had an official PTSD diagnosis, or any specific PTSD therapy. Being a child abuse survivor, I’ve…
Jen Winter sent me a link to an in-depth opinion piece she had written about the new TSA scanners and pat-down procedures in the US, specifically from the point of view of the mother of sexual abuse survivors. I’ve kept an eye on all of the latest news, and protests, about the new TSA procedures,…
When one teenager reported child sexual abuse by a trusted adult, and the English Crown Prosecution Service (DA) told the offender, Robert Daley, that the case would be dropped, it led to his murder planned by the 15 year old victim and aided by a male friend of the same age after Daley called the…
The Tri City Herald has the story on a teenaged offender already in jail for one offence, now accused of another within the timeframe of the first. The story is here and the related stories crawl is at the bottom of the page. – CBG
Today marks one day to go before the BBC’s annual Children In Need Appeal, from 7pm to 2am across the BBC on 19th November. The appeal is 30 years old in its modern telethon format but has roots dating back to Christmas Day 1927 on BBC Radio before going to Black and White television in…
