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Best of the Best: Let's Talk About Spanking
Season 5 Episode 14
Research shows that about 75% of physical abuse starts as physical discipline gone terribly awry. We have years of data showing spanking is ineffecti…
2 years, 8 months ago
How Inequality Fuels Child Abuse
Season 5 Episode 13
We struggle to understand and talk about the link between poverty and child abuse. On the one hand, we know that not every poor family abuses and neg…
2 years, 9 months ago
Are We Remembering the Boys?
Season 5 Episode 12
In most countries around the world, girls are disproportionately at risk of, and harmed by, both sexual abuse and exploitation. But we also know that…
2 years, 10 months ago
Fighting Back: What Jurors Don’t Get About Abuse
Season 5 Episode 11
Child sexual abuse is never a child’s fault. Absolutely never. And it’s unrealistic to expect children to somehow fend off the predations of adult of…
2 years, 10 months ago
Why Do Kids Blame Themselves After Abuse?
Season 5 Episode 10
For professionals, one of the saddest aspects of child sexual abuse is the way in which many victims struggle with blaming themselves for the terribl…
2 years, 11 months ago
Addressing the Needs of Children and Families After Mass Violence
Season 5 Episode 9
In this panel discussion recorded at the 2023 NCA Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., on June 6, 2023, Dr. Melissa Brymer, Dr. Angela Moreland…
2 years, 11 months ago
Small Brave Moves for a Life-Changing Field
Season 5 Episode 8
In our culture, when we think of examples of leadership bravery, we often think of huge risk and very heroic images. Hollywood reinforces this with m…
3 years ago
Best of the Best: Gender Bias and the Myth of Parental Alienation
Season 5 Episode 7
Everyone’s heard of the vengeful ex-wife who accuses her ex-husband of child abuse just to get back at him during a divorce. There’s even a scientifi…
3 years, 1 month ago
Best of the Best: Beyond ACEs
Season 5 Episode 6
In 1998, the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study showed that traumatic events in childhood were common and could have lasting effects—on every…
3 years, 1 month ago
Growing Up Online: Addressing Child Sextortion
Season 5 Episode 5
Online exploitation of children is sadly not a new phenomenon or topic. But what is new is the dramatic growth of sextortion cases. In “Growing Up On…
3 years, 2 months ago