Dealing with Family Stress During the Holidays

All families deal with stress at one time or another. But during the holiday season, stress is more common and can be much more difficult to handle. With the images of “perfect” holidays we so often see in magazines and on TV, parents and children can begin to develop unrealistic expectations for both ourselves and our family members. Before we know it, the holidays have passed us by and we were so busy we didn’t even get to enjoy them with our children!

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THE HOLIDAYS AND CHILD ABUSE

REDUCE STRESS TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE DURING HOLIDAYS

HOLIDAY STRESS BRINGS ANXIETY & ABUSE

INDIANA—- A youth wrestling coach from Frankston has admitted to at least ten sexual encounters with a 13-year-old boy during the past 3 – 4 months. Clinton Couch, 28, has been charged with five counts of child molestation and ten counts of child pornography after his victim came forwards. The wannabe coach had taken naked photos of the boy with his cell phone and forced him to engage in oral sex sessions.

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Daughter: ‘Shane Crowe Forced Me to Masturbate On Him and Give Him Oral Sex’

Presley Crowe, one of Shane Crowe‘s two daughters that have documented, alleged and reported detailed sexual abuse against their father, turned up the heat in her fight to expose the California courts for granting full custody of her little sister Skylar to him. Presley and Skylar’s stories have been the subject of much media attention of late, including a brief segment on the Dr. Phil show and the Web site, SaveOurSkye.org.

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http://sacshield.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/daughter-shane-crowe-forced-me-to-masturbate-on-him-and-give-him-oral-sex/

http://placercountyo.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/shane-crowe-given-custody-of-toddler-despite-semen-being-found-in-diaper/

Tkeyah Jordan And Trevor Swanson Beat, Burned And Tortured Baby Nalaya To Death

Reno, Nevada– Tkeyah Jordan, 21, and her live-in boyfriend Trevor Swanson, 27, were jailed last week after Jordan’s 2-year-old daughter arrived at the hospital with child-abuse related injuries. A charge of murder was added Tuesday after the little girl, identified as Nalaya Jordan, passed away from her injuries on Monday. According to Reno Police, an investigation was launched last week when Jordan’s 2-year-old daughter, Nalaya, arrived at the hospital in full cardiac arrest.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2011/12/tkeyah-jordan-and-trevor-swanson-beat.html

A pediatrician who had recently moved to Columbus to take a new job was arrested Thursday as part of an interstate child pornography investigation, the FBI said. Yancy Craft, also known as Travis Mobley, was taken into custody by FBI agents in Columbus after coming to the attention of undercover officers on the Internet, according to Brian D. Lamkin, FBI special agent in charge of the Atlanta Field Office.

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http://www.ajc.com/news/pediatrician-arrested-charged-in-1248541.html

LOS ANGELES, CA — A 47-year-old talent agent for children was charged Thursday with eight felony counts of child molestation. Martin Weiss, 47, is charged with three counts of sodomy of a person under 16; two counts each of lewd act upon a child and continuous sexual abuse; and one count of forcible lewd act upon a child.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-child-talent-agent-martin-weiss,0,6021754.story

Does your child surf the internet? These shocking pornography statistics may make you think twice about allowing your child to be online unsupervised or without parental controls. Please use caution when allowing children to use a computer….The internet is a predator’s playground.

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A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his three-year-old son by locking him in a washing machine and turning it on. Christophe Champenois, from Meaux, near Paris, allegedly stripped Bastien naked and shut him in the machine to punish him for a prank at nursery school – throwing a classmate’s drawing down a toilet. He is then said to have run the cold cycle wash for a few minutes at their house, in the village of Germigny-l’Eveque.

FATHER WHO DROWNED HIS 2-YO DAUGHTER STRAPPED IN CAR SEAT ARRESTED

No Simple Answer

We can’t simply answer this question for you. But we can offer, based on years of experience and study, some information and some thoughtful reflections on this sensitive issue. We will make some basic points, and some more subtle and complex ones, that we hope you will find useful. Before we say more, we have a recommendation: As you read this page, allow yourself to be aware of any strong emotions that this question stirs up in you and, if the feelings get to be too much, take a break or do whatever else you might need to calm down.

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Child Victims Act would remove statute of limitations for abuse victims

The Penn State football team takes on the Wisconsin Badgers this weekend, and Wisconsin lawmakers are hoping to use the Penn State child sex abuse incident that rocked the campus recently, to launch their own child sex abuse reforms. They’re hoping to pass the Child Victims Act that would wipe away the statute of limitations in these cases, and allow victims to prosecute their abusers.

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http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20111122-child-victims-act,0,3047993.story

Hollywood’s Tyler Perry writes to a young boy involved in the Penn State scandal to tell him he isn’t a victim at all—he’s a survivor.

I don’t know your name, but I know your face. I don’t know your journey, but I know where you are. I am your brother! I must tell you, what you have done is so courageous. The strength that it must have taken for your 11-year-old voice to speak out about such a horrible act is something that I didn’t have the strength or courage to do at that age.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/11/27/tyler-perry-s-open-letter-to-penn-state-11-year-old.html

Glendale, CA— A male baby-sitter from Alhambra has been arrested and charged with six felony counts of lewd acts on a child, felony sodomy of a child under the age of ten and felony continuous sex abuse of a child.  Jordan Liu, 19, had been employed though SitterCity.com to care for a 8-year-old boy and his 3-year-old brother from March 1 to November 11th. His profile stated that he is a Pasadena City college student with seven years of experience.

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http://deadkidsofmyspace.com/