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Common Vaccine Threatens Children
You can’t read a newspaper without learning about the vaccine controversy. On one hand, “the benefits outweigh the risks.” On the other, “a single jab stole the life from little Johnny in a matter of two days.”

Author: Shane Ellison
Category: Child Abuse

Abusing Our Children
No child is should go up in a home where they live in fear. There are too many reports of child abuse. The number of child abuse cases are tremendous. Especially when you take into consideration that 2,700 children will be abused today. Another 2,700 will be abused tomorrow and the next day and the next day. In one day, three children will die of abuse. These children will never make it to their fifth birthday.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

Department of Social Services Fails to Protect Children
The Department of Social Services (DSS) in every state oversees all child abuse cases and foster care. The DSS is charged with the protection of children and therefore have a fiduciary responsibility to be in the forefront of reform.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

Obtain Justice and Accountability for Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse
It is a known fact, civil suits are more easily won than criminal suits, therefore, an increasing number of childhood sexual abuse survivors (CSAS) are launching civil suits as a means to obtain justice and accountability for their abuse.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

Child Abuse Statistics
D. Corwin (1990) cites that in London many believed that sexual 'congress' with a child would cure venereal disease. Of capital rape prosecutions between 1730 and 1729, 25% of the cases involved victims younger than 10 years old.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

Sexual Child Abuse--Most Frequently Asked Questions
1. Is sexual child abuse increasing or is it being reported more?

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

Child Sexual Abuse Misconceptions Perpetuated
It is distressing to read an article by a well-known professional organization, “Understanding Child Sexual Abuse Education, Prevention, and Recovery,” which perpetuates child sexual abuse misconceptions.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

Children- How Not To Hurt Them With Verbal Abuse
I am a man of 54 years now. But despite seeing so many things in my life and experiencing all the emotions, I feel hurt when I am verbally abused. It is not that verbal abuse does not hurt. Some people think that verbal abuse can be easily forgotten and one may go forward. Yes, one goes forward but the scars of the wound inflicted by the verbal abuse go along with many of us. How about a child?

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

How To Protect Your Child From Sexual Abuse
If there is a living hell for a child, it is sexual abuse. Most of the children are very ignorant about sex and their own body. For them there is nothing like private parts. As they grow up they begin understanding. But many children are abused before they come to understand anything about sex. To abuse a child sexually is a heinous crime. You never know when the child may be abused sexually unless you know where your child is and with who? It is very important to know about the whereabouts of the child and the people with them.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

What is Child Sexual Abuse?
What is child sexual abuse? Any sexual activity that is imposed on a child by an adult or an adolescent is a sexual assault and abuse of the power of one person over another. This also includes experiences of child to child, teen to child, teen to teen, if there is an age difference of four or more years.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

The Hidden Wounds of Child Abuse
"I just hate myself. I keep thinking there's something I should have done, should of said to stop it. I just feel so dirty." - Lisa. "Childhood sexual abuse is...an overwhelming, damaging, and humiliating assault on a child's mind, soul, and body...The abuse invades every facet of one's existence," says the Right to Innocence, by Beverly Engel.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

Child Abuse Is Not Necessarily The Cause Of Genital Warts In Kids
Whenever doctors have found a child with genital warts, it has always been assumed that the child had been abused. Doctors usually call social services immediately. However, there was a recent study at the Wake Forest University Medical Center that suggests it may not always be the case. If a child has genital warts but no other signs of child abuse, it may not be the case.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

How To Recognize An Abused Child?
How to recognize that a child is being abused at home or by somebody else? You come across many children in your neighborhood. Have you ever thought about the abuse a child may be getting? Most of us do not, because we do not look for signs that tell us that a child is abused. If we can do that, we can save a child's precious childhood. Let us talk about that.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

Signs of Child Sexual Abuse
Many families do not want to believe their child is being sexually abused even if the signs of child sexual abuse are staring them straight in the face. Unfortunately many families are in a similar situation where both parents are working full time and someone other than the biological parents are caring for their children. Under these circumstances the potential for child sexual abuse is more prevalent. Obviously under these circumstances it is tremendously important for parents to watch for the signs of child sexual abuse.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

The Latest Child Abuse Statistics
There are several agencies in the country reporting child abuse statistics. These organizations are trying to track trends and find out ways to stop child abuse wherever possible. Child abuse statistics are used to determine where and to whom social resources should be directed.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

How Do I Know If A Child is Being Abused? What Is Abuse And What Are The Signs?
Before I start, I want to say these signs are just a short list, and are by no means complete. Please note: these are signs in young children, not in adults who have a history of child abuse. Once victims grow up without any intervention or counseling, their symptoms are totally different. (More about this at another time.)

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

Putting An End To Child Abuse
I want to discuss the painful issue of child abuse. I’ve chosen this topic because I continue to see an increasingly large amount of suffering brought about by this vicious cycle. We as a society need to address this issue and provide help to its victims, both the children and the adults.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

Child Abuse- Any Crime Worse Than This?
A child has been compared to a flower. Look at a newborn child. The child knows nothing about the world. It is so innocent of the world and surprised that how it is in this place. All these months, it was so protected in the mother's womb and suddenly in the world of light yes, the child is surprised. But worse may be yet to come for the unfortunate children of the world. They may get abused. Many of us think that outsiders abuse children. Most of us think about sexual abuse when we come across the word child abuse. But that is not so. Let me tell you the hell the child may experience at home.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

About Emotional Child Abuse And Neglect
Any child who experience any form of physical or emotional maltreatment is likely to bear emotional scars. For this reason it is necessary to use the following broad definition. A child is emotionally abused if he/she is: (1.) Under the age 18

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

Psychological Effects of Child Abuse
Many children who suffer from the psychological effects of child abuse often become child abusers themselves or can become perpetrators of violent crimes. Many inmates in our jails and prisons have been victims of child abuse. Though the psychological effects of child abuse cannot be reversed, through counseling a child can learn more appropriate coping skills in dealing with their pain and anger.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Child Abuse

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