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Downtown - Stamford:
Children’s Learning Centers receives grant to support child-care services in Stamford
The United Way of Western Connecticut awarded the $35,000 grant to the Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County.
Why Can’t We Stop Child Abuse?
Government agencies have been trying to protect children for nearly two hundred years. Why have they failed?
Why Do So Many Indian Children Go Missing?
What Do Grown Children Owe Their Terrible, Abusive Parents?
What do we owe our tormentors? It’s a question that haunts those who had childhoods marked by years of neglect and deprivation, or of psychological, ph ...
What to Know about Child Abuse
Although it's a mistake to become overprotective and make your child fearful, it is important to recognize the actual risks and familiarize yourself with the signs of abuse.
Teach Your Daughter How to Deal With Bullies
If your child is being bullied, she'll need some help learning how to stand up for herself and when to get help.
Prevent Child Abuse America
With Pinwheels for Prevention, the pinwheel has come to serve as the physical embodiment and reminder of the great childhoods we want for all children.
Prevention of Child Abuse
Ask the Doctor: Why is the Emergency Department referred to as a safe haven?
How Child Abuse Primes the Brain for Future Mental Illness
A brain scan study pinpoints the changes associated with child abuse that may raise people's risk of depression, PTSD and addictions later in life.
Will Christians Get Over Their Opposition to Universal Child Care?
Local communities alone can't handle child care under capitalism.
Martha & Mary: Learning Not to Worry
Do you ever worry? If so, why do you worry? Then next: when do you worry? Still more: does your worrying help you in any way you can think? Finally, what is it that can bring your worrying to a halt? The whole reality of worrying so prevalent in these stressful times should be addressed and …
Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change
This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and fam...
Give Your Child the Tools to Recognize Sexual Abuse
Talk to kids about their bodies and empower them to speak out.
Three Things Parents Should Tell Their Children
Elizabeth Smart, a former child abductee turned activist, gives her top three tips on what every parent should tell their children in order to protect them f...
Ten Tips for Introducing Your Child to Worship
1. Attend a child-friendly church. A church that invites children to attend worship, that has a children's time during worship or a service in which children are included, will…
Grant to help child abuse victims find their voice
One nonprofit organization in Nashua is providing financial assistance to another nonprofit group aiming to decrease child abuse.
What is child neglect? And how well do our response programs work?
A University at Buffalo researcher has a federal grant to study child neglect, working with university biostatistics experts and other schools, as it's not always easy to define what is child neglect.
The wild chimpanzee who cared for her disabled child
Going to the dogs: Compassionate Paws dogs help children learning to read
He is a big dog, with a sweet face and a ready smile. He loves children and loves to be read to. He gets fan mail and has a starring
Caring for child refugees: 4 things you need to know
Trauma-informed care is a must for migrant children separated from their parents. Find out the health effects you may be dealing with as a physician.
