As a parent, you always want to protect your children from the many evils of the world. One of the scariest things to imagine is your child suffering from sexual abuse, and the threat is far too prominent. One of every 10 kids will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. Children who are sexually …
No matter how hard we try to protect each child, there is always the likelihood that at some point they will experience trauma. Perhaps a trusted adult hurt them, they lost a loved one unexpectedly, or they experienced a natural disaster. If you have children that you foster or have adopted, they may have undergone …
Most children go through some amount of separation anxiety, but how can you help your child through those fears? Here are some ways you can help your child with separation anxiety cope and work through it! 1. Know what to look for Your child’s separation anxiety will take slightly different forms at different stages from …
Moving On After Domestic Violence According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, domestic violence is “the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another.” The effects of domestic violence are real and are devastating …
