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My first step of healing from child abuse
By Lindagail on November 30, 2009
My “healing from child abuse” journey began with the movie Mommie Dearest. I had heard all the talk about it being about child abuse and like many others, I was curious. As I left the theater, I remember thinking “That’s child abuse? That’s nothing.” But later that night, as I lay in bed, I was [...]
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Child Abuse: Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
By Lindagail on October 27, 2009
This week an article by Rueben Rosario regarding a searing report by Every Child Matters caught my attention. The article covers the cost of child abuse and possible solutions. The report covers not only child abuse statistics, but the child abuse stories behind the statistics. Another report put out by Every Child Matters, called GeoMatters, [...]
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Learning and healing through child abuse stories
By Lindagail on September 22, 2009
The child abuse stories and articles on this website are about emotional and physical child abuse. If you are an adult survivor of child abuse, know that you are not alone. Through this website, I will share bits and pieces of the child abuse stories that make up my book. The purpose of this website [...]
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How do we spot light the issue of child abuse without child abuse stories?
By Lindagail on September 16, 2009
Outside of individual cases, the subject of child abuse doesn’t seem to make news often. How do we keep the conversation on the subject of child abuse, while not diving into individual child abuse stories that feature blow by blow accounts or pictures of beaten dead babies that trigger and horrify us? I know many, [...]
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Iowa is calling for a special medical team to evaluate child abuse.
By Lindagail on September 1, 2009
The DeMoines Register published an article yesterday, titled “Iowa to call on special medical team for some child abuse cases,” informing the public that the state is looking at how their child welfare system reacts to child abuse allegations. How many child abuse stories must be told before safeguards are put in place to protect [...]
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