Child Abuse

Boy Locked In Filthy Coal Bunker Every Night For A Year

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Boy Locked in Room for a Year, England Crime, Video, Child Abuse, Bad Parenting, Coal Bunker, Boy Forced to Live in Coal Bunker, Torture, Crime News

An English couple who locked their 11-year-old son in a converted coal bunker every single night for a year will spend two years in prison, a judge or...

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Police Find Mother Of Three Toddlers Allegedly Abandoned In Shed

AP | STEVEN DUBOIS | Posted 05.26.2012

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PORTLAND, Ore. — The mother of three young children abandoned in a Portland shed was found by police on Friday, a day after the kids were taken ...

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Three Abandoned Children Found In Shed

Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Three Abandoned Children, Abandoned Children Portland, Video, Child Abuse, Homeless Children, Abandoned Children, Portland Crime, Missing Persons, Crime News

Three children, all ages 3 or younger, were found among a group of homeless people in Portland, Ore., cops said. CNN reported that the children hav...

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Who's the Pervert? Is Hitting a Child More Acceptable Than Holding Her?

Erika Christakis | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Parenting, Spanking, Child Abuse, Child Care, Schools, Gay Parents, Parenting Techniques, Corporal Punishment Schools, Corporal Punishment, Paul Rusconi, Culture News

Single fathers -- gay fathers, no less -- seem to be under special scrutiny lest their loving attention veer into unsavory territory. Are we so uncomfortable with male nurturing that we assume something perverse about it?

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Former Teacher Accused Of Making Child Porn For Filming Students As They Changed

AP | TIM TALLEY | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Teacher Made Child Porn, Child Abuse, Child Porn, Child Exploitation, Oklahoma, Kimberly Ann Crain, Gary Doby, Crime News

SHAWNEE, Okla. -- Nine students testified Monday that their former third-grade teacher took photos of them in her classroom and during a pizza party a...

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Girl Tied To Tree, Pelted With Eggs, Beer By Legal Guardians, Cops Say

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Virginia Crime, Girl Egged, Threw Eggs on Girl, Bad Parenting, Battery, Campground Assault, Loretta Miller, Margaret Allen, Child Abuse, Tied Up Girl, Big Bear Campground, Assault, Randel Miller, Ross Renicker, Crime News

A 15-year-old girl's legal guardians and neighbors are in jail after they allegedly tied her to a tree at a Virginia campground and pelted her with eg...

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Couple Admits Locking Granddaughter In Bathroom For Years

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Behavioral Problems, Child Abuse, Locked in Bathroom, Mug Shots, Brian Hart, Girl Kept in Bathroom, Child Behavior, Girl Locked in Bathroom, Rivae Hart, Crime News

DAYTON, Ohio -- An Ohio couple who authorities say kept a 9-year-old girl barricaded in a bathroom for several years was sentenced Thursday to three y...

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Child Welfare Officials Called To House Months Before Girl Went Missing

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Isabel Mercedes Celis, Child Abuse, Isabel Celis Sergio Celis, Kidnapping, Sergio Celis, Isabel Mercedes Celis Missing, Missing Persons, Isabel Mercedes Celis Kidnapping, Isabel Celis, Missing Children, Missing Child, Video, Crime News

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Police investigating the disappearance of a young girl from her family's southern Arizona home say child welfare workers went to the ...

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10 Pounds And Clinging To Life: Parents Only Gave Malnourished Boy Herbal Medicine

AP | NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Video, Child Abuse, Herbal Medicine, Robert Staats, Malnourished Boy, Washington, Michelle Staats, Malnourished Children, Starved Boy on Life Support, Malnourished Toddler, Toddler on Life Support, Crime News

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A 2-year-old Washington boy who authorities say was so malnourished he weighed less than half as much as a normal child his age rema...

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Ex-FBI Counter-Terrorism Agent Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: FBI Agent, Donald Sachtleben, Video, Child Abuse, Counterterrorism, Child Pornography, Fbi, Fbi Agent Child Pornography Charges, Crime News

Donald Sachtleben was an FBI agent for 25 years, with a record that includes such high-profile investigations as the Oklahoma City bombing, United Fli...

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Saving the Girl Child

Elischia Fludd | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Misogyny, Girls, Child Abuse, Violence Against Women, Obstetric Fistula, Breast-Ironing, Impact News

Every day, somewhere in the world, a girl child struggles to live. In a world that still prefers the value of a male over a female, the girl child is already a miracle if she exists long enough to be born.

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Girl, 12, Forced To Shave Head, Wear Diaper In Public For Bad Grades

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Stephanie Ann Broten, Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Darnell Alan Landrum, Mom Makes Daughter Wear Diaper, Diaper Punishment, Stephanie Broten Minnesota, Minn. Couple Daughter Diaper, Stephanie Broten Darnell Landrum, Crime News

Authorities in Fridley, Minnesota have arrested a couple for allegedly making the woman's 12-year-old daughter shave her head and run up and down the ...

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Man Pleads Not Guilty To Raping Boy With Child's Adoptive Father

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Adoptive Dad Rape, Child Molestation, Rape, Child Abuse, Patrick Rieder Rape, Ohio, Patrick Rieder, Adoptive Dad Raped Boy, Crime News

DAYTON, Ohio -- A not guilty plea has been entered for an Ohio man accused of raping a boy who authorities say was brought to the man's home by the bo...

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Dog Shock Collars: They Can Punish Humans, Too!

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Child Abuse, Dog Shock Collar, Dog Training, Animal Rights, Dog, Dogs, Discipline, Video, Green News

Shocking a dog while he is doing something he thinks is fun -- something they've been bred to do for thousands of years -- seems particularly cruel, since it can forever link that pleasurable thing with the fear of an occasional unexpected jolt.

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Woman Charged After 4-Year-Old Daughter Found At Half Her Healthy Weight

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Video, Child Abuse, Carlotta Brett-Pierce, Drugged Daughter, Bad Parenting, Assault, Malnourished Daughter, Starved Daughter, Carlotta Brett-Pierce Denies Charges, 4 Year Old Daughter, Crime News

NEW YORK -- A Brooklyn mother accused of starving, drugging and beating her 4-year-old daughter to death says she never harmed the child. Carlotta Br...

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For Joni's Whole Life

Genevieve Piturro | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Orphanages, Group Homes, Pajama Program, Child Abuse, Pajama Charity, Foster Care Abuse, Foster Care Volunteering, Foster Care, Foster Care System, Impact News

We often hear about children in our Pajama Program reading groups who are transferred -- children we'll probably never see again. I can't help but won...

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A New Solution For Child Welfare

Deborah De Santis | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Child Abuse, Housing, Homelessness, Foster Care, Children's Health, Federal Government, Children, Impact News

Many of our public systems have embraced supportive housing for their highest need populations. And now child welfare agencies are poised to incorpora...

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The Violence Against Women Act Helps Children, Too

Michael Piraino | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Violence Against Women Act, Vawa, CASA for Children, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, Foster Care, Impact News

Children who grow up in abusive homes can become healthy adults. They need positive role models, therapy and support. Fortunately, there are systems and programs in place to help these children. Some are funded through the Violence Against Women Act.

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200+ Cases Of Child Abuse Reopened

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Video, Detective Justin LoBurgio, Child Abuse, Lakewood Crimes Against Children Unit, Early Childhood Leadership Commission, Lakewood Police Department, Denver News

Lakewood Police are reopening the wounds of more than 200 cases involving child victims after a former detective was cited by internal affairs for fai...

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We Can Calm Crying Babies: New Hope in the Fight Against Child Abuse

Harvey Karp | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Shaken Baby Awareness Week, Maternal Obesity, Sids, Child Abuse, Cigarette Smoking, Crying, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Shaken Baby Syndrome, Parents News

People tend to think of infant crying and colic as a parenting nuisance. In fact, sleep deprivation and the sound of crying babies are used to prepare the Navy elite SEALS to endure torture!

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Tackling Shame: 'Shame's Primary Power Is to Make Us Afraid of Being Vulnerable.' Part I

George Molho | Posted 04.24.2012

The beauty of vulnerability is in its expression. Its power resides in embracing it. By being unafraid to be vulnerable you will shrink shame, make a feast of fear and starve insecurities.

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Man Accused Of Murder After Slamming Toddler Into Wall

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Michael Pulliam, Child Murder, Jarrod Rudder, Crime, Crime News, Murder, Video, Child Abuse, Jarrod W. Rudder, Illinois, Jarrod Wayne Rudder, Michael Wepsiec, Child Murdered, Crime News

Police in Southern Illinois have arrested Jarrod Rudder in the brutal murder of a toddler whom police say was slammed against a wall. Rudder, 24, w...

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Old Wounds Ripped Open Along With Secret Church Files In Philadelphia Priest Trial

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Video, Religion News, Thomas Smith Priest, Philly Priest Trial, Child Abuse, William Lynn Priest, Reverend Thomas Smith, James Brennan, Monsignor William Lynn, Philadelphia Priest Trial, Religion News

PHILADELPHIA -- Graphic testimony in a Philadelphia clergy-abuse trial this month has ripped open secret church files and reopened old wounds among Ca...

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Cops Bust Alleged Iowa Child Abuser In Chicago Apartment

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Iowa Crime, Iowa, James Julius Beaudrie Arrested, US Marshal Service, Child Abuse, Chicago, Kijua Beaudrie, James Julius Beaudrie, Crime News

An Iowa man who went on the run after he allegedly sexually abused three of his nine children was arrested early Thursday morning in Chicago. Autho...

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Naked Mom Thought Baby Was Possessed, Tried To Toss It In Ocean: Cops

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Video, Child Abuse, Covered in Lizards, Lydia Chako, Baby Covered in Snakes, Bad Parenting, Florida Crime, Possessed Baby, Clearwater Florida, Possessed, Mom Throws Baby in Water, Crime News

A Florida mom tried to drop her 3-month-old baby into the ocean because she claimed it was possessed by demons, and covered in lizards and snakes. ...

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