Results for Child Abuse

Government agencies have been trying to protect children for nearly two hundred years. Why have they failed?

Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky helps educate and teach families and individuals about child abuse and neglect and how to help overcome it.

A brain scan study pinpoints the changes associated with child abuse that may raise people's risk of depression, PTSD and addictions later in life.

Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana is committed to preventing the abuse and neglect of our state's children through intensive programs & community education.

There are many myths that hinder child abuse prevention, giving people false information to think these atrocities are not as...

Learn more about preventing child abuse and neglect in your community.

Prevention is nearly always preferable to treatment when it comes to our health, and the stakes are even higher in cases of child abuse. But is it even possible to identify children at risk of abuse before it's too late? That's the question the U.S.

AUSTIN -- Texas needs to ramp up spending on proven child-abuse prevention programs, child advocates and several lawmakers said Tuesday.Sending...

Approximately 5 children die every day because of child abuse.

I’ll never forget the way people used to look at me when I would tell them that we had a successful year at our Children’s Advocacy Center because there was a 25-percent increase in the child sexual abuse cases we saw. All wide-eyed and somewhat exasperated, their response would sound something like, “More children being abused is considered success?” Well, not exactly. We were successful because we reached more children.

A four-time felon who sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl 10 years ago was sentenced to consecutive life prison terms Thursday.

Therapist Korinne Bouwhuis is helping us understand what you need to talk to your kids about to prevent child abuse
1. Start Early, Building from Basic Safety Foundations to Body Safety
Personal safety teaching follows from a continuum of every day safety skills. We teach our kids safety almost automatically on so many things, from knowing phone numbers and addresses, to crossing the street safely, and…

The first step in recognizing child abuse and helping abused children is to learn to spot the symptoms and signs of child abuse and neglect.

DENVER – A group of strangers who found each other on Facebook are trying to change the punishment for child abuse.
The group came together after watching a viral video of Weld County mother Katrina Kennedy allegedly hit her son and threatening to kill him. She was arrested and charged with two misdemeanor counts of child abuse without injury.

Music really helped me throughout this hard time. It was a way for me to connect to the lyrics, and feel absolutely any emotion completely freely...

Renowned sexual health expert Cordelia Anderson offers tips on how to mitigate the effects of pornography on children.

During April campaigns for Child Abuse Prevention Month, police encourage people not to hesitate reporting suspected abuse.

I was talking with a woman I met on a flight the other day and my work in the space of

27-year-old Lauren Mueller spoke at a breakfast hosted by CASA Tuesday morning to share her lifelong struggle with child abuse and the foster care system.