Minor Attracted Persons, or MAPs, are the target of social and legal censure; they are hated and despised. Often, they hate and despise themselves. Some hope that the...
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Online gaming tips for families
By the start of 2020, we were already spending more time online than ever before. Once the pandemic hit, many of us doubled or even tripled the time we spent on the...
The science behind adolescent autonomy
Should a 15-year-old be able to vote? Should a 13-year-old be able to decide when to go to bed? Should a 16-year-old be able to decide to sext with their significant...
Foster care: a broken system
The foster system is supposed to provide safety and protection to kids that can't get that anywhere else. Yet, when I was in the system myself, I learned that this is not...
How obscenity and morality undermine freedom
There is hardly a way to engage in the conversation around censorship, abuse prevention, and freedom of speech that doesn't involve talking about the obscure concept of...
Targeting child abuse image laws to protect children
Effective laws against child abuse images are critically important in deterring the abuse itself and reducing the ongoing trauma suffered by its victims. In order to serve...
What I learned as a MAP’s partner
There’s a lot about minor attraction that you don’t know. I (who wish to remain anonymous) feel pretty confident about that because, until recently, there was a lot...
Child marriage is not consensual: America’s dirty little secret
If you even think about child marriage, perhaps you think this kind of child abuse only happens in developing countries. Perhaps you think that here in the United States...
5 common problems in socially neglected children
Child abuse, whether intentional or through ignorant behaviors by parents, other adults, and caregivers, are a leading cause of emotional and physical harm to children and...
The war on porn does not help children
The most potent weapon that sex work prohibitionists wield in their war on porn is the false narrative that pornography cannot be separated from child sexual abuse. But in...