I finally got an acknowledgement of that donation I sent Prevent Child Abuse America. The letter I got from them last night thanks me for the donation they received on Feb. 17. I think maybe they should have a talk with the company who processes the online donations for them. I made that donation way back on Jan 1!
Still, it’s good to know they did get it!
I ran across this article today, about a high school in Minnesota and how they have, for several years now, assigned students a senior research project on child abuse. I think this is great, and I think that the more people we can get talking, thinking, acknowledging and listening to survivors, the more tools we…
Pin Apparently, yes they could. The past several years have been bruising ones for the credibility of the social sciences. A star social psychologist was caught fabricating data, leading to more than 50 retracted papers. A top journal published a study supporting the existence of ESP that was widely criticized. The journal Science pulled a political…
I know I said things were getting back to normal and I’d have more to say, and then I let 5 days go by without saying anything. Shame on me. One of the things I have been thinking about, relative to this site is the donation I made to Prevent Child Abuse America last year….
Pin Hey guess what? Feeling anxious right now is probably the healthiest and most normal response to what is happening around us that you’ve ever had. 😉 Look, I get it, we are in uncharted territory right now and no one is really sure what comes next. We are seeing the number of people testing positive…
Pin If you’re not familiar with the now somewhat famous ACE studies, what we are talking about here are studies that seemed to show that the more Adverse Childhood Experiences you had, the more likely it is that you will deal with bad outcomes in adulthood. The original studies got a lot of media attention, deservedly,…
(ed. note: Another in the long line of reviews from our English correspondent, and erstwhile bookworm. As always, if you’re interested in submitting your own review for the other readers, feel free to drop me an email. I couldn’t possibly find time to read all these books myself!) The Seduction of Children by Christiane Sanderson…
