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Faith Healing & Child Deaths

8 month old Brandon Schaible died of treatable pneumonia because his parents don’t believe in medicine. This is not as rare as one would hope. In Idaho, 144 children have died in the Followers of Christ Church due to lack of medical care….

Growing Number of Chemicals Linked with Brain Disorders in children

Toxic chemicals may be triggering the recent increases in neurodevelopmental disabilities among children — such as autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia.

Montana Leading The Nation Today In Judicial Non Protection, Child Death & Teen Death;…

Kids with chaotic family situations, with behavior and mental health issues, as young as you can imagine, end up needing emergency housing. The need for foster families trained to help these kids is ever present. Youth Dynamics is a non-profit…

Letting go – of how you thought your life should be http://www.mskinnermusic.com/home/letting-go-thought-life-21514/

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Brain Injury Awareness Validating CA/SA/DV Invisable Injuries

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42 Million Strong

Adult Survivors of abuse are finding their voices. Together we can put an end to abuse. Together we can accomplish what so many think is impossible. Thank you all for the amazing work you are doing.

You probably don’t hear this very often — an adult stating they were sexually molested as a child. However, in the United States alone, there are over 42 MILLION adults who were sexually molested as children. We have been silent far too long….

Kids At Risk Action News

INVISIBLE CHILDREN will now be on the shelves of the public library. You can search for it online or click on this book link to reserve it. It has been some years in coming, and I like to think this is a sign that the conversation around abused…

ACE Study & Looking to the future

I recently attended the 28th Annual International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment in San Diego. Dr. Vincent Felitti was one of the many renowned speakers. If you would like more information I hope to share with not only my community …

This woman says there’s one reason we hurt our children, and it’s not what I expected.

The director and actor’s ‘fantasy’ defense against abuse allegations from his adoptive daughter only make him sound like all the others, says Wendy Murphy. Little girls fantasize about becoming princesses…

EVALUATING FRACTURES FOR SIGNS OF ABUSE…..

By Kelly Young The American Academy of Pediatrics has published a guide to assessing whether childhood fractures are the result of abuse. The article,

Thoughts to share – “Out of my Mind”, “Desperate”, England & feeling safe…

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The Gift Of A Good Start

How can you help kids get a good start? In this heartfelt and personal talk, Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of State, asks parents, friends and relatives to support children from before they even get to primary school, through community and…

LIfe Too Short

photo compliments of Richard Ross   David R Dow (voluntarily) represents the poor on death row – no one else cares.  Two people a month are executed in Texas.  Lawyer Dow points out that it is children in need of protection that have no way of…

Better Answers For At Risk Youth

photo compliments of Richard Ross   David R Dow (voluntarily) represents the poor on death row – no one else cares.  Two people a month are executed in Texas.  Lawyer Dow points out that it is children in need of protection that have no way of…

https://invisiblechildren.org/2014/01/18/executing-nine-year-olds-the-best-ted-talk-ever-or-why-i-like-lawyers/

photo compliments of Richard Ross   David R Dow (voluntarily) represents the poor on death row – no one else cares.  Two people a month are executed in Texas.  Lawyer Dow points out that it is children in need of protection that have no way of…

Thoughts to share -“Hope in a Hopeless World” & latest Surviving Spirit newsletter…

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What To Do About Arizona’s Approach To Child Protection?

www.csmonitor.com/… News…/6-000- Arizona- child- abuse-reports-were-…‎ Nov 21, 2013 – About 6000 cases of suspected child abuse or neglect that were  …about news that CPS failed to investigate 6,000 reports of child abuse. www.cbs news.com/…

Higher Risks for Children

Children face the greatest risk from the potential dangers of GM foods: Young, fast-developing bodies are influenced most Children’s bodies develop at a fast pace and are more likely to be influenced and show the effects of genetically modified (GM)…

Michael, Thanks for the invite. This recent interview ended up being primarily about child abuse. Some but not excessive…

Comedian Marc Maron is tackling the most complex philosophical question of our day – WTF? He’ll get to the bottom of it with help from comedian friends, celebrity guests and the voices in his own head. You loved him on Morning Sedition. You kinda…

the heart of the matter

___________________________ Different explanations have been given for the increased number of people suffering from mental illness. Some have claimed the increase is the result of ever-expanding d…

https://invisiblechildren.org/2014/01/01/improving-state-child-protection-systems-in-2014-whatever-it-takes/

Class action lawsuits get results where legislators don’t  (Oklahoma, Tennessee, Georgia, D.C., New Jersey, Mississippi) Proving that it’s not who is your senator, but who is your attorney.  Whatever it Takes. From Oklahoma News on 6 12,27.13,…

Green Kids!

What products/services can be developed or refined to serve our green kids?

Launched in a garage in 2007, this toy maker is finding mainstream success with recycled-plastic rocket ships and tea sets at Nordstrom and beyond.

Green Kids!

What other innovative products /services can be developed or refined to serve our green kids in their ever-increasing triple bottom line lives?

Launched in a garage in 2007, this toy maker is finding mainstream success with recycled-plastic rocket ships and tea sets at Nordstrom and beyond.

Helpful Resolutions For A Better New Year

Join KARA in supporting programs that reduce child poverty and America’s 2nd to last rating (only behind Romania) among the developed nations.  Agree to vote for and talk about the importance of early childhood programs that save children from…

Thoughts to share on Perseverance and our Healing Journey http://www.mskinnermusic.com/home/thoughts-share-perseverance-healing-journey/

Recruiting Child Soldiers (yes, we do)

The United States is one of two nations that has not signed the International Rights Of the Child Treaty.  The other is Somalia (and it doesn’t have a functioning government).  It is KARA’s position that the primary reason we refuse to sign the…

Thoughts to share – “A fundamental concern for others…” Nelson Mandela…

Homeport Dir of Community Life: Alleviating Poverty-Linking Safe, Affordable, Vibrant Housing for all:…

Founder /C E O of impact children international ( taking care of disadvantage children)

I will like to suggest to the group that children in the ages of 6 to 11 years old should be given some right as a child to live freely and be protected from being manhandling.

Principal charged for not reporting alleged molest http://www.whitechalkcrime.com/white-chalk-crime-means-children-in-harms-way/

Violence against women – it’s a men’s issue

This is an excellent video I saw earlier on Ted Talks. Well done Mr. Jackson Katz, to have the courage to state the very real truth that a subject such as Domestic or Sexual Violence is so fundamentally about men, yet it conspires to keep men …

Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called “women’s issues.” But in this bold, blunt talk, Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men’s issues — and shows how these violent behaviors are tied to definitions of manhood. A clarion call for us all — women and men — to call out unacceptable behavior and be leaders of change…

Malala’s Song

Great and empowering for all of us.

SUPPORT THE MALALA FUND HERE: https://www.stayclassy.org/checkout/donation?eid=25976 AND ON ITUNES HERE: https://itunes.apple.com/album/i-am-malala-single/id673398878 (all proceeds go to the Malala Fund which supports education) see lyrics… look, i wanna make a nation proud one day we’ll say things loud and be free with the power of ou…

What Makes Us So Mean? (just wait til you’re in diapers)

From the Nation 9.30.13 write up on Yale University Study on poor families; Diapers cost between 70 & 120 dollars monthly (for one sweet lovable baby) and diaper services are even more expensive. 30% of low income women with very young children…

Ten Years Old & Never Had A Nice Day

County child-fatality review boards, created to find ways to reduce deaths, dramatically underreport the number of children dying from abuse and neglect. Reports from 2002 to 2006 listed 136 child-abuse deaths, far below the 203 confirmed by  The…

KARACHI: The small, blue-eyed girl roams around congested Saddar, confident among the strangers, unafraid of incoming traffic. There’s a rag in her hand, and she flicks it around in a bid to clean the dirty windscreen of a temporarily parked car. She…

Aging Out Of Foster Care (a video)

1 Pamela Couey I too was a youth in foster care. Luckily my mom got me back (my being there was not because of abuse or neglet on her part). My father assaulted me in another state and it took the better part of a year to get me home. I knew kids…

Nov 23 Kids At Risk Action Presentation

6 million children are reported to child protection in the U.S. each year impacting schools, health, crime, prisons and the livability of our communities. Breaking this cycle child abuse and declining quality of life throughout the nation is…

CASA Volunteers Speak For Children

to celebrate, and help continue the good work of CASA Minnesota. St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church 3450 Irving Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408 Wine Tasting courtesy of the wine experts of South Lyndale Liquors, hors d’oeuvres and desserts and a…

Will you help me stop Child Abuse by sharing this video?

Patsy Giddings, Speaking Engagement’s and Book Signing’s for ‘Sandy’s Miracle’. Patsy personally experienced extraordinary incidents of cruelty and rape from those in her own family, in social entities, and eventually in the clutches of her adoptive…