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Child Abuse and Neglect - An Overview
IntroductionChild abuse in the United States continues to be a serious and ever-increasing problem. Although the media ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Child Sexual Abuse: What It Is and How to Prevent It
Sexual abuse of children is a grim fact of life in our society. It is more common than most people realize. Some ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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What to Do if You Suspect Abuse
If you think someone you know is abusing a child Preventing child abuse is everybody’s business. If you think a ...
Source: Center for Child Well Being
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Partnering with Parents to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Research supports the effectiveness of parental involvement in personal safety education. Several studies have shown ...
Source: Committee for Children
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How Are Children Affected By Living in Violent Homes?
The single strongest way to predict child abuse is to find out if there is domestic violence in a home. ...
Source: Missouri Families
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Sexual Harassment in Schools
Sexual harassment is unwanted and unwelcomed sexual behavior which interferes with your right to get an education or to ...
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Child Abuse Prevention Tips
10 Things You Can Do To Prevent Child Abuse Volunteer your time. Get involved with other parents in your community. ...
Source: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
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This Baby Won't Stop Crying!
A few years ago, Pam Johann was a first-time mother with a beautiful baby boy-who cried for hours at a time. She was ...
Source: Action Alliance for Children
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The Facts on Children and Domestic Violence
Women who are battered often go to extreme and courageous lengths to protect their children from an abusive partner. ...
Source: Family Violence Prevention Fund
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Never Shake a Baby!
Each year, more than 1,300 American children are forcefully shaken by their caretakers. Powerful or violent acts of ...
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Families with Unique Challenges
Families who live in poverty, families in which substance abuse and/or physical abuse and neglect occur, families who ...
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Smart Parenting During and After Divorce: What to Do When Your Child Is Acting Out Sexually During or After a Visit
Many parents' biggest nightmare is that their child might be sexually abused. In a high proportion of sexual ...
Source: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Long-Term Effects of Abuse on Children
Significant research and pages of popular media have been devoted to the long-term effects of abuse and neglect on ...
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Tips for Talking to Children in Trauma: Interventions at Home from Preschool to Adolescence
Children are just as affected as adults are by a disaster or traumatic event. Some may be affected even more, but no ...
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Helping Children with Stress
The following was taken from an e-mail sent by Jonah Edelman, Executive Director, Stand for Children, as suggestions to ...
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Talking To Teens About Violence
What’s It All About? Violence affects the lives of many Washington youth and may even result in death. Youth ...
Source: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
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Missing Children: Incidences and Characteristics of Runaway Children and Resources Available to Them
Introduction The personal, emotional, and human impacts associated with runaway children are vast. While experts do not...
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Helping Children Deal with Trauma: Parents Talk About How They’ve Helped Their Children Deal with Tough Family Situations
When Greg Colver lost custody of his three children to Child Protective Services, he says he got the motivation he...
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Smat Parenting During and After Divorce: What to Do When Your Child Tells You He or She Was Hit at the Co-Parent's House
There is a difference between being spanked and being hit. Neither spanking nor hitting a child is a particularly good...
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Controlling Parental Anger
How to Keep Your Cool Mike works all day ... long, hard hours. He has a successful business and works hard to keep a...
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What Is High-Quality Child Care?
Quality of care is not related to where the care is offered but to how it is offered. It is difficult to provide...
