Originally Published on TheWashingtonPost.com on Oct 23, 2015 By Sarah Chang If they’re not crying, we assume they must not be hurting. During my first week as a federal prosecutor of sexual abuse crimes against children, one of my colleagues told me her chief coping mechanism: Turn the sound off…
Originally published on ACEsConnection.com on Oct 21, 2015 By Christine Cissy White This is the first book FOR and BY survivors of childhood abuse geared specifically towards the experiences of parenting. THE FIRST! THE ONLY! It includes essays from over twenty men and women survivor parents with children of all…
Originally published on Huffington Post on October 20, 2015 By Amy Oestreicher. I grew up thinking an “illness” was either fever or croup. Illness was a stuffy nose — a sick-day, an excuse to miss a day of school. At 18 years old, “illness” took on an entirely different meaning.…
The sweet girl in this video is Hala. She is a refugee. The experiences she and her brothers have lived through explain why she appears older than her 11 years of age. In times of war, kids like Hala have to grow up fast. Watch this video to hear Hala’s…
