It is soon to be 40 years since I left behind the actual 18 years of nearly constant horrific abuse by my mother. After all this time it seems a special blessing that I ‘accidentally’ happened to launch my first internet effort to do something small to help fight the ongoing epidemic of child abuse not only in America, but in the world.
April is observed as National Child Abuse Prevention Month in an effort to encourage individuals and communities to support non-violent discipline and good communication between children and families.
Please stop hurting the little people! We all need one another! Check out
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090416/ts_nm/us_usa_childabuse_2
Hi, SocraticGadfly here:
This year’s installation of my normal April newspaper column:
http://www.todaynewspapers.net/articles/2009/04/16/opinions/op1.txt