Models to curb domestic violence emerge from tragic murder in Massachusetts...
The July 22 issue of the New Yorker contains a riveting account (“A Raised Hand: Can a new approach curb domestic homicide?” by Rachel Louise Snyder) of how the tragic 2002 murder of Dorothy...
View ArticleFirst Focus’ Children’s Budget 2013 shows less than 8 percent of U.S. budget...
First Focus‘ recently published report, Children’s Budget 2013, shows a decline in total federal spending on children for three consecutive years and reports that less than 8 percent of the federal...
View ArticleThe “Still Face” video still packs an emotional wallop
When the Washington Post carried a story by Brigid Schulte about the new Institute of Medicine report New Directions In Child Abuse and Neglect Research, Ed Tronick, Ph.D., psychologist at the...
View ArticleGeorgia juvenile court judge galvanizes statewide child trauma initiatives
Douglas County (GA) Juvenile Court Judge Peggy Walker and “Dalton” ____________________________ Douglas County Juvenile Court Judge Peggy Walker is an activist judge for the children of Georgia – the...
View ArticleArresting our way out of drug crisis is yesterday’s theory, says VT Gov....
State of the state addresses—like the State of the Union—tend to cover a wide range of topics from the economy to health care to education. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin broke the mold when he...
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