Foster Care and Human Trafficking: Cause and Effect
May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and the value of good foster parents and a strong and sustainable foster care system cannot be understated when we look at combatting human…
Prevention through Education – Education is the beginning of the end when we talk about human trafficking.
From CNN piece “Sex Trafficking: The New American Slavery.” Empowering Children to Protect Themselves As young people seek acceptance and love, they are incredibly vulnerable to manipulation. And human traffickers…
Is love enough to overcome abuse?
Is love enough to overcome abuse? But, I love him. If you’ve ever had that conversation with yourself, you’ve probably wondered how it’s possible to love someone who hurts you.…
8 Tips for Social Media Safety
Keep stalkers from using your social media against you We’re more connected to each other now than ever before—at least online. And it’s all thanks to social media. Whether it’s…
Survivor Amy: Making a Heartbreaking Choice
Her abuser forced her to lose her relationship with her son, but she says it was worth it to keep him safe Amy Pilkington’s 2018 self-published book, Lesser of Two…
Stalking
The Facts About Stalking During a 12-month period, 3.4 million individuals over the age of 18 are stalked in the United States. Three in four stalking victims are stalked by…
When Abusers Turn on the Charm
Tricking friends and family into believing they could never be cruel is an abuser’s forte Apr 01, 2019 By Amanda Kippert Who doesn’t love someone who can charm their way…
Kids Caught in the Crossfire
Abusers don’t just harm partners—kids are at risk of being abused, possibly killed By Stephanie Thurrott When children live in households where domestic violence occurs, they face an increased likelihood…
Gaslighting: Could You Be Missing the Signs?
Psychological abuse so subtle, you may not even realize it’s happening By domesticshelters.org Gaslighting is a term that describes a type of emotional and psychological abuse in which an abuser…