Abuse can happen in any family and to any child. Socio-economic station, race, religion and culture are irrelevant when talking about the welfare of children. Sad isn’t it? A well-educated man or woman, professionally successful, can be an abuser. And their children can be at risk every moment of every day. Characteristics and behaviours commonly …
Month: January 2012
January 27 Mashup: Writing Sites
100 Tips to alleviate doubt: http://janefriedman.com/2012/01/20/100-tips-to-alleviate-self-doubt/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JaneFriedman+%28Jane+Friedman%29 Do best seller lists matter? http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2012/01/myth-of-bestseller.html The Bookshelf Muse had so many interesting focused blogs that it’s hard to single one out. But take a look at this one on avalanches. This weather thesaurus entries are described using all the senses and what a writer might need to know …
9 Steps to Forgiveness
Adults who grow up as abused children have many challenges in their adult lives. These symptoms will be discussed in detail in another post. For victims, it is important that we face what happened to us, learn about its effects on our lives, and then begin the tedious, painful process of healing and recovering. It’s …
Physical Abuse of Children
Physical Abuse Is there anything more heart warming than the picture of an adult holding a tiny baby? Such pictures proliferate our culture. This article, the second of four on child abuse, was particularly hard to write. Looking at pictures of children burned, beaten and murdered are hard to look at. It is sickening to …
What’s Happening on the Web? January 20
After 13 years of trying Laura Drake sold to GCP Here’s what she’s learned. Chuck Wendig has provided a list of 25 things writers should start doing. WARNING: this site is full of great info but take your tolerance with you. Chuck has an occasional fondness for four letter words. Joel Friedlander from the Book …