I have recently received requests regarding where to go if a person suspects child abuse. There is a website that is rich in information and resources. It is the ChildHelp National Child Abuse Hotline.

Each day there is beauty to be found. There are many forms of beauty; however, I have only touched on a few. Seek your beauty and cling to it with the courage and perseverance you possess.

Verbal abuse is a form of abuse that wounds the spirit and heart of the victim. There are numerous tactics that abusers use when verbally abusing a child.

Strength is best defined by each individual, since it means different things to different people. In this article, I share my viewpoint on strength.

This is my review of the book, "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway," authored by Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.

Often, when a survivor of child abuse is ready to process their past and learn to move on in their lives, there are some comments that can hurt them and hinder their healing process.

One important tool in parenting is providing a healthy blueprint for life. Children that are being abused lack this important tool as they grow and develop.

Self-injury becomes a method of coping for many who have been abused as children, or for children currently being abused. This article sheds some light on the topic of self-injury.

Does corporal punishment still exist in our nation´s schools? Sadly, according to statistics from 2000, it does.

Abuse does occur within the church commmunity. What then do people do when they witness a child being abused. What steps should the minister and his congregation follow when informed of the abuse? This article is about this very sensitive issue.