"The sex trafficking of minors -- forcing young children to have sex for money -- is a huge, violent business around the world. Here in Los Angeles County alone, the number of pre-teens and teens forced into prostitution is in the ...
I'm not sure if resilience is ever achieved alone. Experience allows us to learn from example. But if we have someone who loves us—I don't mean who indulges us, but who loves us enough to be on our side—then it's easier to grow...
This story, written by Sarah Lazare at AlJazeera America, is an outstanding look at how the military is not equipped to deal with the families of soldiers suffering from PTSD (and make the point that it can't keep up with soldiers' needs, either). The...
We applaud parents who promote sexual health and safety in their family and books can be a great tool. Philly.com asked me to offer parents advice on choosing the right book -- see the article...
"For decades, Egger ran DC Central Kitchen in Washington, a job training program that used donated food from food service companies and farms. Now, he's bringing the concept to Los Angeles and calling it L.A. Kitchen . "This time, we're going...
"More than half of adolescents with psychiatric disorders receive no treatment of any sort, says a new study by E. Jane Costello, a Duke University professor of psychology and epidemiology and associate director of the Duke Center for Child and Family...
"October was National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and as we carry on with holiday preparations, it might be easy to forget that intimate partner violence happens 24/7... every day of the year. It is also important to remember that...
"Fifty-five percent of adult Iowans experience at least one instance of childhood abuse or household dysfunction before the age of 18, according to a new Iowa State University study. “People care about kids and care about health,” said...
"Awareness of child abuse and participation in the Darkness to Light child abuse prevention training with the Child Advocacy Center and the Rutherford County Coalition Against Child Abuse is supported by the District Attorney’s Office for the...
"The rate of child abuse in Israel is higher than it’s ever been, according to a study released by the National Council for the Child on Tuesday. "The product of a collaboration between the University of Haifa, the Traiana...
"The Defense Department’s newly organized child abuse working group will conduct a rapid review of child and domestic abuse and will issue its first report in February. "The group project, which will last a year, was ordered in light of...
"On Monday, the CPS will introduce Hawk, a three-year-old Labrador Retriever, the service’s first trauma dog. "Hawk, and his mild manner, will provide comfort to those who have had witnessed a crime or experienced a traumatic incident....
"The Selby Library hosted the first “Read to Me” event on Saturday, where the children of parents serving sentences in the Sarasota County Jail could listen to a recording of their parent reading a children’s book. "Seventy-five...
"Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released a report on the most comprehensive data collected on suicide from 1999 through 2010. The study found that the number of suicides among veterans reached 22 a day - a suicide every 65...