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Stop Abuse Campaign Includes Darkness to Light in DC Press Conference

As the author of I’m the Boss of Me! I was fortunate enough to be included in the Stop Abuse Campaign’s recent press conference in Washington, DC. I’m the Boss of Me! was written for Darkness to Light as a way to open a dialogue between young children and their caregivers, and gave me the …

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Sex abuse prevention is focus at the Childhood Trauma Treatment Program at Advocate Health Care

Congratulations to Heather Randazzo at the Childhood Trauma Treatment Program Advocate Family Care Network in Boilingbrook, Illinois!  Their program is one of many to receive financial support from Chicago Tribune Holiday Giving.  Heather has trained over 760 individual’s in Stewards of Children since she became an authorized facilitator.  Their organization hopes to train over 1,000 next …

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Recent Child Abuse Stories in the Media

You may have heard the recent news about the international child pornography ring which was busted, and Warren Jeffs’ conviction on child sexual abuse charges.  As disturbing as these stories are, it’s easy to overlook them as something that just doesn’t affect us.  Chris  Newlin, Executive Director of the National Child Advocacy Center recently responded …

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The Baton Rouge Advocate runs a great feature on Stewards of Children

A recent article in the Baton Rouge Advocate profiled the Stewards of Children program and highlighted the work of one group working in the community to prevent child sexual abuse. Rob Carlisle, chief executive officer of Child Advocacy Services in Hammond Louisiana said, “We want to deny that anything like that could happen to our …

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One Woman’s Story: Conquering Her Abuse

Most of us excavate our secrets privately. And slowly. So did Kathryn Harrison — until, in 1997, she published “The Kiss,” an unsparing account of her predatory father and the sexual relationship he engineered with her when she was 20. “The Kiss” is an important book to many, and especially to Gretl Claggett (left, in photo), …

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