Kids are great for making you feel better when adulting sucks. Sure, there are good things about being an adult (chocolate for breakfast, pants-free work-at-home days) but...
Category: CSA prevention
Why pastors don’t ask for help
A recent groundbreaking six-part article in the Houston Chronicle exposed the dark secret of a culture in many Southern Baptist churches—that of staff and volunteers who...
We have to protect children — even the ones you hate
Over the last four decades or so—the course of my life—we have seen an ever-growing awareness of the effects of childhood abuse and, in particular, the effects of...
Age gap relationships through the looking glass
When I was in my teens, I found myself attracted to people who were 25 or, preferably, older. As I aged, the range extended up a little and, since I have been dating as an...
Facebook and child-spanking fetish groups
Child-spanking fetish groups have managed to find a place on Facebook. On a platform where a bare nipple or buttock is beyond the pale, these spanking groups are not...
Journalism, modern media, and the taboo
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Butterfly Kisses Oakland screening preview
Butterfly Kisses, directed by Rafael Kapelinski and starring Theo Stevenson as Jake, is a haunting and thought provoking coming of age story with a twist, that...
Who should be excluded from child protection?
Traditionally, child protection law and policy has been the domain of sexually conservative organizations with close ties to organized religion. In researching a recent...
Applying child development principles to online child protection
The “Boogie Man” concept is a useful tool for deterring children from doing things they aren’t supposed to do or to teach them to fear wrongdoing. Negative...
How minor-attracted persons can obtain help not to offend
A relevant question for today’s audience is: what can we do to prevent child sexual abuse (CSA), including the consumption of child sexual exploitation material (CSEM)?...