April 12, 2010
Spanking can make young children aggressive, study says
Monday, April 12, 2010
By Pohla Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Lawrence Newman, a psychologist at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, often finds it tough to talk to parents when the subject turns to spanking their kids.
“You can’t argue with them,” he said. “The parents say, ‘But it works!’ ”
Their proof: [...]
March 3, 2010
Every year, hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S. are victims of abuse and neglect, and more than a thousand of them die. The troubled economy has made matters worse. States facing big deficits are now cutting programs to protect children. California alone eliminated almost 400 child protection workers. Arizona stopped investigating less serious [...]
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A transcript of a story done this morning on NPR – profiling child abuse in relation to tightening state budgets. The story can also be accessed at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124131201
Many of the approaches are similar to the child abuse prevention and treatment programs of Family Resources.
Susan Pham holds her son, Nathan. Pham [...]
December 10, 2009
By HILARY STOUT
Published: October 21, 2009 New York Times
JACKIE KLEIN is a devoted mother of two little boys in the suburbs of Portland, Ore. She spends hours ferrying them to soccer and Cub Scouts. She reads child-development books. She can emulate one of those pitch-perfect calm maternal tones to warn, “You’re making bad choices” when, [...]
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/09340/1018799-51.stm#ixzz0YxdceiKX
Once upon a time, there was just one voice of authority on how to raise children, and his name was Dr. Benjamin Spock.
Those days are gone.
Starting in 1946, a whole generation of baby boomers were raised on advice from the avuncular pediatrician, whose book “Baby and Child Care” sold nearly 750,000 copies the first year [...]
October 28, 2009
October 26, 2009
Recently, as reported on MSN’s Web site, a 61-year-old man repeatedly slapped a crying toddler in a Walmart near Atlanta because the 2-year-old’s crying was bothering him. Now the man, a stranger to the child, is facing charges of cruelty to children.
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Many children who suffer abuse are never reported. Out of the fifty child abuse-related deaths in 2008, 23 families had no prior involvement with a county child protection agency, according to Angela Liddle, executive director of the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance. “That’s why it’s so important for all of us as citizens to be aware of the children who live and play in our local communities,” she said.
No Comments | read full story »Several years ago a psychologist named Laurie Miller Brotman spearheaded a study of young children that yielded stunning results. The kids were from poor and troubled families, the preschool-age siblings of older children who were already acquainted with the criminal-justice system. Brotman’s team tested levels of cortisol, a hormone that usually spikes when human beings are under stress. On average, these kids had flattened cortisol in stressful situations; so do many who have been maltreated or have behavior problems.
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PITTSBURGH — A mother is facing charges after police said she left her child in a stroller unattended in the Allegheny East section of Pittsburgh. Investigators said the incident happened at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday along Chestnut Street.
A police officer in the area heard a vehicle screeching, and sliding. He said he looked out [...]
