Child Abuse Stories » child abuse stories http://www.childabusestories.org Learning and Healing Through Child Abuse Stories Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:22:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Learning and healing through child abuse stories http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:47:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories The child abuse stories on this website are about physical and emotional 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 is to put . . . → Read More: Learning and healing through child abuse stories]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories/feed 0 My first step of healing from child abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:05:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse 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 . . . → Read More: My first step of healing from child abuse]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse/feed 0 Child Abuse: Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/child-abuse-putting-our-money-where-our-mouth-is http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/child-abuse-putting-our-money-where-our-mouth-is#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:03:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/putting-our-money-where-our-mouth-is-regarding-child-abuse

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 . . . → Read More: Child Abuse: Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/child-abuse-putting-our-money-where-our-mouth-is/feed 0 How do we spot light the issue of child abuse without child abuse stories? http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues/how-do-we-spot-light-the-issue-of-child-abuse-without-child-abuse-stories http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues/how-do-we-spot-light-the-issue-of-child-abuse-without-child-abuse-stories#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:25:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/how-do-we-spot-light-the-issue-of-child-abuse-without-child-abuse-stories 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, me . . . → Read More: How do we spot light the issue of child abuse without child abuse stories?]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues/how-do-we-spot-light-the-issue-of-child-abuse-without-child-abuse-stories/feed 2 Iowa is calling for a special medical team to evaluate child abuse. http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/iowa-is-calling-for-a-special-medical-team-to-evaluate-child-abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/iowa-is-calling-for-a-special-medical-team-to-evaluate-child-abuse#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:40:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse/iowa-is-calling-for-a-special-medical-team-to-evaluate-child-abuse 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 vulnerable . . . → Read More: Iowa is calling for a special medical team to evaluate child abuse.]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/iowa-is-calling-for-a-special-medical-team-to-evaluate-child-abuse/feed 0