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Is even a moment of self-reflection too much to ask? In child welfare – and journalism – apparently, yes.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (Photo by Gage Skidmore) Contrary to one caseworker’s claim, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s war against transgender children isn’t revealing what one family policing agency has become. It reveals what all family policing agencies have been all along. Last week, The Imprint published a column I wrote called “Affluent America Gets a Wake-up Call on CPS Intrusion.

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Mental Health and Mental Illness Basics Part 1_ Risk and Protective Factors

Counselor Toolbox podcast

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Blessed or Cursed? Growing up in a Catholic Orphanage

Stop Abuse Campaign

← ACE 101: Physical Abuse in Childhood. Am I blessed or cursed? Who knows the answer to this question? Certainly not me. My memories of childhood are ever present. Most unfortunately, they are not pleasant. However, my childhood made me what I am today. The abuse took what I might have been and changed me in the most fundamental ways. Growing up Catholic and poor was an existence shared by many in upstate New York in the 50’s and 60’s.