Category Archives: Abuse

What Domestic Batterers Can Teach Us About Terrorism

Families with skills for healthy parenting and cooperative partnering raise people who value cooperation. Cultures that allow violence at home produce terrorists. What can we do?

Verbal Abuse of Children: What Can You Do About It?

What can be done when parents, who are supposed to nurture their children, instead treat them destructively?

The Kidnapped Girls in Nigeria, Modern Slavery, and You

Was Sochhi built with forced labor? Is sex trafficking real? Are you a slave?

Mom Humiliates Daughter via Facebook: Discipline or Abuse?

Have you ever seen what emotional abuse looks like? Here's a live example from a story that broke just this past week. What would you do if you saw someone doing this to a teenager?

Discipline Versus Abuse: Three Cheers for the NFL

Adrian Peterson's suspension from the NFL is offering an opportunity for learning for all football fans. Is discipline of children the same as punishment? What can this situation teach other parents?

Could Your Son, or a Boy Next Door, Become a Mass Murderer?

6 Signs that indicate that a young person could be heading down a dangerous pathway. Helping that child, teen or young man to find a therapist to talk with could make all the difference between tragedy and a kid who turns out fine.

8 Signs of a Toxic Friendship

Good friendships, bad friendships—there are problems ahead if you can't recognize which is which.

7 Kinds of Domestic Abuse, Including One That’s Post-Divorce

Ignorance about forms of abuse can block a partner from taking effective action to protect themselves, and their children, from harm.