I am thankful for my best friend. She grew up in a not so ‘white picket fence’ home. For a time, she had to survive and tolerate her mother’s abusive boyfriend who later became her mother’s husband (that is after some jail time lots of counseling and drug rehab). My friend is the one that brought to my attention how I am and the one that helped me come up with the one time rule to protect us from the things that can happen. Read More »
physical abuse

I See the Kids in the Street with Not Enough to Eat. Who am I to be Blind? Pretending Not to See Their Needs
I know it's easy to make judgmental statements about homeless people:
Get a job.
They brought it on themselves.
Why should I contribute a quarter to someone's drug habit?
Generalizations don't make for very good arguments in other situations; why should it be any different for the homeless population? Read More »

Child Abuse in the USA: Abuse at Home, Substance Abuse, and Foster Care
This is the continuation to http://www.progressiveu.org/221453-child-abuse-usa-homelessness-and-prostitution Read More »

Child Abuse in the USA: Homelessness and Prostitution
This is the continuation to http://www.progressiveu.org/224151-child-abuse-japan-part-ii, and is part of a research paper about child abuse. Read More »

Child Abuse in Japan, Part I
This is the continuation to http://www.progressiveu.org/023747-child-abuse-and-deliquency-east-and-west-introduction Read More »

Child Abuse and Deliquency, East and West: Introduction
Part one of a research paper. Read More »



