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Due to media stories and the spread of news on the internet it has come to the attention f many parents and caregivers that you can never really be sure what is going on in your home when you are not around. For instance when you leave your kids with the babysitter or nanny you cannot be sure of what is going on in your home and if your children are safe. There have been horror stories of child abuse and neglect. However, many parents fear with good reason that a nanny or babysitter who knows they are being watched will be on there best behaviour. The solution then for these parents is the trust nanny camera which can be hidden in a clock, a teddy bear, a plant, even computer speakers.[..]

Almost every day we hear of a new form of "rage" . Road rage led the way in the media and many of us have fallen victim to it. It's one of society's latest ways of venting their frustrations. It's a stress reaction which when recognized can be controlled and converted into a response. The reason we all need to take this control so seriously is because of the victim- villain theory. It has shown that victims of child abuse in time become themselves child abusers. Authorities working on the current batch of road rage villains to educate them out of their anti-social behavior need to spend more time working with the victims. They are too often overlooked in road rage incidents. They[..]

As we all know that divorce brings you to that stage of life where you logically die even-though if you are physically alive. Or in other words divorce is death of a marital relationship. The impact that the reek of divorce brings along with it undeniably destroys one so badly that s/he might take years to get back on feet. Earlier what we discussed was the emotional cost of divorce that is incurred in shape of death of love and loss of respect, isolation, stress, restlessness, developmental regression, physical deterioration, low self-esteem, absence of trust, cynicism, anger, bitterness, feelings of inadequacy any many more. "I want to get separated from my spouse", "we don't have[..]

*Note that this article applies exclusively to Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Investigations. The process works differently in every state. Reports of child abuse and neglect are investigated by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and anyone can contact DCFS to make a report if he or she suspects or has reason to believe a child is being abused or neglected. While most reports target the parent of the child, DCFS will investigate anyone who regularly interacts with the child, such as a teacher or daycare provider, as well as anyone who lives in the child's home. It is important to note that even though a DCFS report may not result in police[..]

For the past several months, the daily economic news has been grim. We hear about more job losses, foreclosures, home sales down, food prices soar, the stock market goes up and down. These are extraordinarily difficult times for everyone, and in some way everyone is affected by the situation. The never-ending stress taps into your energy and saps your strength; it tests your faith and leaves you confused. Families without the added stressors of alcohol or drugs will pull together; they will make some sacrifices as they grumble and complain, but in the end these families will more than likely survive the current economy. What about the alcoholic? More importantly, what about the children[..]

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iv id="body"> The Department of Social Services (DSS) in every state oversees all child abuse cases and foster care. The DSS is charged with the protection of children and therefore have a fiduciary responsibility to be in the forefront of reform. However, the Massachusetts DSS has, despite support from dozens of other Massachusetts organizations, as well as legislators, activists and voters, rejected all proposed laws to abolish corporal punishment of children, even hitting and disciplining children with hot-sauce as young as less-than-one year! Ironically, the Massachusetts DSS is standing in the way of legal reform to protect children! Every adult is responsible for the protection of[..]

Following in the foot steps of sixteen countries worldwide, which have prohibited all forms of corporal punishment of children, Boston is taking the lead in the United States. [See proposed resolution below.] October 19, 2006, the Greek Parliament passed Law 3500/2006 on the Combating Intra-family Violence, under which corporal punishment of children within the family is prohibited. Article 4 of the law states: "Physical violence against children as a disciplinary measure in the context of their upbringing brings the consequences of Article 1532 of the Civil Code." The prohibition brings the number of states in Europe to 15 (16 worldwide) which have enacted legislation explicitly[..]

Among the different areas of law, one of the most sensitive to handle is family law. This is because lawyers who specialize in family law deal with some of the most sensitive cases, including divorces, annulments, family property disputes, child abuse cases, legitimacy, and adoption cases. Given this, people who find themselves facing these scenarios would do well to get the services of a good family lawyer who is not only competent with regard to family law but also someone who knows how to handle very sensitive cases. A good family lawyer who can make the process of dissolving partnerships, formulating divorce settlements, and making child custody agreements less "ugly" can help you[..]

Have you ever watched the Incredible Hulk. Yes the story about some doctor who turns into a Green Monster every time he loses his temper. And when the Hulk loses his temper, he goes on a spree of destruction. Which reminds us on the importance of controlling our anger, because when someone gets angry they usually get out of control and turn destructive. This can lead to problems-problems at work, personal relationships and family problems. Indirectly it will affect the quality of your life, as people start to stay away from you. Worse still if someone gets injured or gets killed in the spur of rage. I've come across mothers who in the fit of rage, throw their babies to the floor. Plenty[..]

Rocco Basile is a man from Brooklyn, New York who has impressed me with regard to his beliefs about how we can all help to make changes in our world today through education. Rocco Basile noted something that Gandhi believed. Real education consists in drawing the best out of yourself. What better book can there be than the book of humanity? (Mahatma K. Gandhi) "My education taught me to be sympathetic to the needs of others and helped me understand how that can change a world. Like Gandhi said it is important for us to be the change we want to see in the world," said Rocco Basile. The US Department of Education (ED) tagline states, "Promoting educational excellence for all Americans."[..]

Praying the Lord's Prayer is difficult for survivors of childhood abuse. The Lord's Prayer is both communal and personal, flowing from one to the other and back again. The prayer is about relationships, me with God, me with other people (family members, priests, religious leaders, persons in authority), me with myself, and all of us together. The queries below on assurance and gratitude will assist you in going to deeper places in understanding the prayer that Jesus gave us. 1. "For yours is the kingdom." How do you experience the presence of God being with you? "Kingdom" is not a concept survivors are likely to embrace because of the damage inflicted from authority figures such as[..]

It's the cycle of abuse. Abusers always have a history of childhood abuse. They don't mean to pass it on and they would do better if they knew how. Whether you are the abuse victim or perpetrator, you must make a decision to stop the cycle of dysfunction now. Yes, the spider web of abuse is huge, but it can be healed. Signs of Emotional Abuse: - Unrelenting criticism - Yelling - Intimidation - Sulking - Manipulation - Refusal to be pleased, no matter what you do or say - Neglect - Abandonment - Denies you outside friends or hobbies - Insists on going everywhere with you - Negates your opinion - Won't support your success It's easy to see if you have been affected by emotional abuse,[..]

There are social and mental effects associated with the use of alcohol. Some of these effects include but are not limited to the under-listed: Social effects Social effects are connected with the way the individual's interactions with the society are affected. 1. Body odour: Alcohol odour can be disgusting; those who depend on alcohol reek of its smell and so may find it difficult to socialize with friends and they are likely to be avoided. 2. Absenteeism from work: Alcoholism is associated with absenteeism from job or normal duties, as it makes the individual think less of his/her social responsibilities. Alcoholics lose their jobs often because of habitual lateness to work or complete[..]

Battering is a term for abuse. To be frank there has been an increase in the number of cases if domestic violence. Every day you can see new cases in the newspaper. These cases of battering or physical and mental abuse are mostly between a wife and her husband, with the latter abusing the former either physically or verbally. This is a crime that needs to be stopped. One needs to know the signs of a battered woman because one needs to help such people if they ever can do so. These women need care and proper mental strength. They get abused mostly for no mistake of theirs. A battered woman also will lack courage to express her displeasure and pain to her near and dear ones. But with some[..]

Attention deficit disorders are associated with neurotic hyperactivity, the acronym for the disorder name is "ADHD." As the name suggests, the person with this kind of affection has episodes characterized by mental haziness, fidgeting and impulsiveness. Because these behavioral patterns are normal but infrequent manifestations in human beings, it becomes difficult to diagnose a patient as an attention deficit patient. There are no clear-cut percentages or counts to determine the boundary line between normal and pathological attention deficiency. The symptoms may appear in three ways, prevalently inattentive, prevalently hyperactive, or, inattentive and hyperactive in equal intensity.[..]

How devastating are the effects of domestic violence? An article from Psych Central gives us a perfect example: "one of the most tragic outcomes of domestic violence is that well more than half of the young men between the ages of 11 and 22 who are in jail for homicide have killed their mother's batterer." What has the abuser stolen from the victim of domestic of violence? 1. Self Determination All of us when we reach the age of adult hood have the right to make our own decisions. We can take the advice of others who may have lived thru similar circumstances or disregard it altogether. Go where we want when we want and other freedoms (as well as responsibilities) that are such a given[..]

In marriages in which there is no domestic abuse and parental alienation upon divorce, it is more often the woman who is the alienating parent. Whereas in marriages in which there is domestic abuse, the victimized partner is in most cases the alienated parent. Why these trends? PAS in Non-abusive and in Abusive Relationships Parental alienation goes back as far as childbirth. Women assume a more significant bond with their offspring, especially in infancy and through the formative years. And many men assume traditional roles of provider, taking them out of the home during much of the baby and young child's life (waking hours). Divorce merely extenuates this already existing status quo.[..]

Would anyone admit to a statement such as that? Why would anyone choose to stay in an abusive relationship? How could one be a hostage in their own home? Most would not look at their situation as one of hostage, but then sometimes it may feel as if they are "trapped." True, some admit to feeling like a prisoner in their own home, but a hostage? There could be an answer as to why some abused individuals stay in that type of environment. An expert speaks about the "Stockholm Syndrome" Clint Van Zandt is an MSNBC analyst. During his 25-year career in the FBI, he was a supervisor in the FBI's internationally renowned Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA. He was also the[..]

Let us imagine a scene. You have invited your friend Jean over for coffee. When you have served the coffee, you notice that her face is swollen. 'How did you get that awful bruise on your face?' you ask. Your friend looks very uneasy. Her body language spells out deep embarrassment. 'Oh, I tripped and fell against a door-post' she stutters. You inspect the bruise and suggest she should visit the surgery to get it treated. But all your advice seems to foster only a growing panic in your friend. You suspect that it is not just an accidental mishap that has caused the bruise. So you try a gentle question about her partner Fred: 'Did Fred hit you?' After various evasive replies your[..]

When domestic violence is before the court, fortified with finance and politics, the net result is the protective parent is about punishment and the children are about abuse. Sound strange? If you're living it, the strange nightmare, while twisted, is ever so true. Far too often when domestic abuse survivors seek remedy for family violence in family court, they discover that the abuse they longed to arrest is perpetuated by domestic relations court. Here's why: Family Court Is an Improper Forum to Arrest Family Violence This court is actually not the proper forum to remedy domestic violence, because of the fact that holding either party accountable for their actions in a marriage is[..]

Sizeable sections of children all over the world lead deprived lives; they are exposed to everyday exploitation. The prime reason for this is lack of funds. Have you ever thought of changing the lot of these children? If yes, fine; if not why not take a chance now, especially when you have a credit card serving your purpose. The Bank of America - Anne Geddes Visa Platinum Card will enable you help children and bring them out of this miserable condition. Whenever you make a purchase with the Anne Geddes Platinum Visa Card, a percentage of the expense will go to the Geddes Philanthropic Trust, a non-profit organization working to eliminate child abuse from the society. The Anne Geddes[..]

A man in Philadelphia last December beat his 17 month old toddler to death because she accidentally pulled over his Xbox 360 by its cord. The man was playing a 'violent combat epic' at the time and the 25 year old accused said he hit her because he thought she had broken his console. Six months later in the UK, a very successful, high powered millionaire businessman has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act for battering his 2 year old daughter to death apparently because she disturbed his lie-in. He is reported to have 'heard voices' telling him to kill her. Is there a connection between this two incidents? It seems there is. Children are increasingly at risk in a world where the[..]

Domestic violence is best known before it comes knocking at your door. As a public service, College World Reporter Donell Edwards interviews domestic abuse consulting expert Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D. to help educate young college women about domestic violence. QUESTION 1: In recent weeks, the alleged attack of popular recording artist Rihanna, by her boyfriend and fellow recording artist Chris Brown, has focused attention on domestic violence. Many of our readers are college students and young adults. Please explain for them the magnitude of this problem, in regard to how widespread it is. Dr. King: One out of every three women will be assaulted by an intimate partner in her lifetime.[..]

A common question people have about individuals in abusive relationships is: why do they stay? A more perplexing question to bystanders looking in is: why do they go back? And moreover, why do they go back again and again and again? It is estimated that a domestic abuse survivor will return to her abuser seven times before finally ending the relationship for good. What draws one back into the same abusive relationship again and again? Why They Return to Their Abusive Relationship I would venture to say that many of the reasons people go back to the relationship are similar to the reasons why they stay in the abusive relationship, however with some slight differences. In working with[..]

Affirmations, affirmations, affirmations. We've heard how important they are to the engineering of one's life. We've heard how essential they are to manifesting one's desires. Why do they work at times and fail to be realized at other times? I believe it has more to do with how the affirmation is played in your mind's eye that causes it to work or not...that causes the thought to transform into action/creation or not. If you are a domestic abuse survivor you will want to know this little secret about the proper way to use affirmations to regain your emotional well-being after an abusive relationship. If you infuse an affirmation into mind-harboring contradictory beliefs, your affirmation[..]

Physical abuse which often accompanies psychological abuse of women is very common, and it happens across all strata of society. Those who know pretend they don't. To make it worse, few abusers are publicly and unanimously condemned. The battered woman is the one who gets the stick because she had to have done "something". How absolutely obscene. Men do not hit women, period! The Chris Brown and Rihanna Affair The Chris Brown and Rihanna affair is a perfect example. I heard someone say recently that we weren't in the car and don't know what really happened, so we shouldn't judge. Really? I guess Rihanna beat herself up. That's pretty impressive. These types of belittling comments are so[..]

Migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, essential hypertension, insomnia, chronic anxiety are just a few of the ongoing complaints of domestic abuse survivors. And it's not surprising. These conditions are ALL mediated by the sympathetic nervous system-a system perpetually "on" for individuals whose lives are entangled in physical, emotional and verbal abuse. Stemming back to our caveman ancestors, we inherited a physiology that is built to protect us from the perceived threat of impending danger. And when present, sympathetic arousal occurs. For example, when the caveman saw a tiger, the thought "tiger" registered, activating a limbic system response of "fear"...ultimately, resulting in an[..]

"Dr. King, speak to how it is for the mature woman in an abusive relationship and how it is for her when she leaves," writes a reader. My knee jerk response to this request was, "the dynamics are the same." Battering is battering is battering. An abuse dynamic that is long standing or discovered later in life resembles an abuse dynamic earlier in life. If it is, indeed, "intimate partner violence," it will carry all of the defining characteristics of: controlling and possessive behavior, externalization of blame, lack of empathy, isolation, and the use of battering to establish and maintain unequal power in the relationship. While this is true, the way the abuse dynamic expresses itself[..]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a common chronic condition with symptoms of abdominal pain, altered bowel habit and form, and bloating. Even though up to 20% of people globally suffer from IBS, no one knows the true cause, there is no physical abnormality, no treatment works for a large group of patients and there is no cure. The mind connection begins with the potential causes. There is a higher incidence of childhood abuse in IBS group. Talley et al said that 50% of IBS sufferers reported abuse in childhood. Drossman said the more severe the IBS, the more severe the abuse. All new IBS books dedicate at least one chapter on the Body Mind aspect of IBS. The suggestion is that the Brain-Gut[..]

The means test was implemented in the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA). It looks at the gross income from all sources that you've obtained over the last six months. It then compares that figure to the median average income for a household of the same size in your state. Starting November 1, 2009, these numbers in Michigan are as follows: One earner - $43,611 Two people - $52,620 Three people - $61,737 Four people - $74,824 Four+ people - $74,824 + $6,900/person If your average gross income for the past six months is under this number, you can file a chapter 7 without a presumption of abuse, or file a chapter 13 with a 36 month repayment plan. If you[..]

I hear battered women's outrage over what their opposition says about them in divorce court. They take it to heart and integrate the slanderous comments as though they really are the picture painted by the other side. Best part of it is they usually are not correct in their assumptions and beliefs. Part of my job then becomes helping them awaken to this...and, of course, become enlightened warriors during the warfare and thereafter. If you are a domestic violence survivor in divorce court and lies are being told about you, remember that your opposition needs to create their case. So what they are doing is really about them, not about you. And what they say is whatever they can grab to[..]

Nursing home neglect and abuse occurs more often than most of us prefer to imagine. Currently in the United States, there are well over one million nursing home residents. This number is only expected to further increase in the future. Nursing homes across the country make billions of dollars every year for attending to elderly patients in exchange for social security and other benefits. But unfortunately, not all nursing homes have a very good record when it comes to actually delivering the adequate care that they are paid to administer. In addition to improper care, an unforgivable occurrence at some nursing homes is also the physical abuse inflicted upon some elderly patients by[..]

The Rat Race is basically the endless pursuit of excessive and ultimately unnecessary work. In simple terms, it means that the lab rat (That's You) is running as fast as he/she/it can to escape the wheel it's bound to. What the rat seems to not understand is that it's meaningless to run forward (Which is all that rat knows how to do at the moment) , for that only empowers the wheel (Those whom are close to You whom want nothing more than to see you fail to accomplish Your goals). You must stop what You are currently doing and get off the wheel, only then will You start having success in Your life. Of course, everyone around You will be doing everything possible to discourage You from[..]