Abuse

  • Prisoners

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    Is any one else troubled by the idea that what happened in the Iraqi prisons is, rightfully, condemned far and wide as a human right’s abuse, while prison rape in our country is widespread and completely accepted, even joked about?

  • Touching

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    I’ve been talking with someone about the topic of being touched in public, or by various people. I’m somewhat fascinated by what other people’s feelings are on the subject. I’m very uncomfortable being touched by all but a few people in the world, and I’ve slways assumed that’s because of the abuse. That short list…

  • New resource

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    At least it’s new to me. I was reading this article about a little boy who will be walking in DC for child abuse victims and noticed a mention of darknesstolight.org. Looks like a very wealth of information on childhood sexual abuse.

  • Hmm

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    I had mde a post at the end of last week about our trip to Richmond and all the work that was left when I got back, and a pointer to this idea in the forums for keeping track of Child Abuse Awareness month activities, but apparently, my host must have restored the backup from…

  • Reporting child abuse

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    http://www.newarkadvocate.com/news/stories/20040316/opinion/89561.html “a 7-year-old girl was found dead in a well in one of the state’s most gruesome crimes ever. One neighbor told a reporter he often saw the suspect yelling at the girl and spanking her — sometimes with her pants and underwear pulled down. He said he thought about calling authorities but decided against…