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Adults Aren't Taking Their Economic Woes Out on Kids, Report Shows
Despite the bad economy, child abuse rates are down. Credit: Getty Images
Grownups apparently are not taking their anger and frustration over the blankety-blank economy out on children.
At least not in statistically significant numbers.
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Psychic's claim leads to child abuse allegations
Just when you think you've heard it all, along comes this story out of Barrie, Ontario in Canada. 38-year-old Colleen Leduc is a single mom working hard to support herself and her 11-year-old autistic daughter, Victoria. Victoria attends Terry Fox ...
Ricki Lake ties sexual abuse to weight gain
I love Ricki Lake. I was never a big fan of her daytime talk show (I never watched any of the others either) but I loved her as an actress and as a person. Ricki stood up for women and self-esteem everywhere, and when she lost more than half her ...Tammy Lynn Michaels speaks about her abuse
Actress Tammy Lynne Michaels, wife of Melissa Etheridge, has made perhaps one of the biggest steps in her life. She is finally speaking out about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Michaels does so through her personal blog, hollywood farm ...Are we teaching kids to fear men?
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When Karen Carter dialed a sexual assault hotline, her intention was to find a trained and experienced counselor with whom her 8-year-old daughter could talk. Her daughter had witnessed some inappropriate behavior several years earlier and was now ...Children in one-parent homes at higher risk of sexual abuse
When I was raising Christy as a single parent, I had no choice but to go to work every day. When she was very young, this meant leaving her in the care of others, usually a day care center. The day care centers she attended were chosen based on what ...
Followup: Murdered neighbor never touched 2-year-old
Remember the case of Jonathon Edington the Connecticut lawyer who killed his neighbor Barry James after his wife told him that their daughter said something that made it seem like the neighbor had molested her? Yeah, well, it turns out that the ...
Teri Hatcher uses abuse to become advocate
We told you months ago about Teri Hatcher's Vanity Fair interview where she revealed her history as a childhood victim of sexual abuse. Now Hatcher has decided to springboard from simply revealing her abuse (and helping to convict her perpetrator) ...










