As I have promised, this final blog in my series on abuse gives you specific ways to deal with it. Over the past five weeks, I just scratched the surface of the topic, and revealed the four main kinds: physical, sexual, emotional/verbal, and neglect/abandonment. There is always reason to believe you...
It’s been a difficult series of blogs to write about the various kinds of abuse. I’ve talked about physical, sexual, and verbal/emotional abuse. There is one more kind of abuse I’d like to address before concluding next week with a detailed list of how you can learn to deal with abuse...
As I’ve been blogging about abuse, and read your comments and hear your stories on my radio show, I’m continually faced with how cruel so many people can be to each other. Perhaps you have suffered tragic abuse at the hands of someone you thought you could trust. This is not how it’s...
I’m in the middle of blogging about abuse. I’ve decided to tackle one of the most difficult kinds of abuse there is: sexual. While any kind of abuse is damaging and wicked, sexual abuse is exceptionally destructive because of the twisted mixture of its physical, emotional, and spiritual elements...
On my blog I have found myself talking about issues few people are willing to confront. And yet, it is right below the surface of everyday life for millions of young people. It’s real. It hurts. And does untold damage. I’m talking about abuse, physical abuse. Please keep reading this blog...
When I first started in my radio career talking to teenagers and young adults, I quickly became amazed at what my audience wanted to talk about. Many of them wanted to talk about abuse in their family. I had no choice. I had to face the problem head on. For example, not long ago, I received a comment...
When they don’t get the message your relationship is over, you will have to clarify again exactly how you feel. Breaking up with your bf/gf is hard to do. But it’s even more difficult when your ex won’t leave you alone after the breakup. I figure there are at least two different reasons...
In fact, 1 in 3 teenagers know a friend or peer who has been hit, punched, kicked, slapped, choked or physically hurt by their partner. That adds up to over 2 million women 25 and younger who are being abused by their boyfriends. One female abused by her boyfriend is too many. Two million is a tragedy...