Posts Tagged Abuse And Neglect

  • Children: A Better Investment Children: A Better Investment

    By Rondi Doyle Director of Community Relations Child Abuse Council Imagine the upcoming summer months seen through a child’s eyes. It’s a time filled with anticipation and excitement of vacations, barbecues, picnics, time away from school. But sadly, this isn’t the reality for some c...

  • March is National Parenting Awareness Month March is National Parenting Awareness Month

    By Elyse Mumford Child Abuse Council Intern University of Northern Iowa March is the National Parenting Awareness Month, although very few people are aware of this. The goal is to make society aware of the role that parents play in shaping their children. When one first hears this, the first t...

  • Recognizing and Preventing Child Abuse Recognizing and Preventing Child Abuse

    By Rondi Doyle Director of Community Relations Child Abuse Council April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Despite the high levels of awareness of child abuse and neglect, many people are still unaware of what they can do to prevent it. With the end of the winter slump, April offer...

  • Strengthening Families and Communities Strengthening Families and Communities

    By Rondi Doyle Director of Community Relations Child Abuse Council The month of April is devoted to celebrating and supporting everything we can do to transform our community into a place that really cares about families and children, which is what prevention is all about. We all care ab...

  • Neglect in Childhood Neglect in Childhood

    By Rondi Doyle Director of Community Relations Child Abuse Council Child abuse encompasses many types of child mistreatment. One type of abuse that is often overlooked is neglect. Neglect is actually the most common of all types of child abuse. Since child abuse and neglect are definable in man...