Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39458821529628052842011-07-18T17:11:17.622-05:00Prevent Child Abuse MinnesotaKarina Forrest-Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669385620249995918noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945882152962805284.post-42309181344713841942010-08-11T13:47:00.003-05:002010-08-11T13:51:59.922-05:00Governors take a stand against child abuse

All 50 of our US State Governors are signing a proclamation to reduce child abuse. Here is the link to the news article which shows the video. http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/state/brewer-commits-to-end-child-abuse. How exciting this is!!! Let’s all write and thank Gov. Pawlenty and ask what he plans to do to help and what we can do to help him.

Karina Forrest-Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669385620249995918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945882152962805284.post-6845451710473772142010-07-27T10:42:00.002-05:002010-07-27T10:53:27.275-05:00Kids Count in Minnesota

The Kids Count Data Book has been released with the following press release in MN.Once again, Minnesota ranked high, second only to New Hampshire, and while that is wonderful, there are still many children living in poverty and difficult circumstances across Minnesot. We can do better. In fact, Minnesota has the potential, more than most other states, to end poverty. 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book

Karina Forrest-Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669385620249995918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945882152962805284.post-46444421547759580532010-04-16T10:03:00.002-05:002010-04-23T11:07:54.246-05:00Healing Field - A Gift for Minnesota

Throughout the eight years I have worked at Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota, I have been blessed to hear the stories of those who have survived the trauma of childhood abuse and neglect; those who have suffered unbelievable violations of their personal selves.• Parents who rose from the pain of their childhoods to make sure their children “didn’t experience the same things they did”• Survivors who

Karina Forrest-Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669385620249995918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945882152962805284.post-72236423582901243282009-08-18T13:51:00.004-05:002009-08-18T14:11:40.805-05:00Dealing with Abusive Parents as an Adult

One of PCAMN's volunteer speakers talked with me yesterday about a visit she had to her parents in Colorado. She said she might like to blog. I told her to go ahead and send me the piece she writes and I will put it in our blog. Lo and behold, I received her writing early this morning. After reading it and connecting with the challenge of dealing with parents who were abusive to us as children, I

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Karina Forrest-Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669385620249995918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945882152962805284.post-77322467422649730992009-08-05T14:09:00.002-05:002009-08-05T14:15:58.427-05:00What can we do?

Over the past two days, articles in the Minneapolis paper described how the mother of a disabled 10 year old girl starved the child to death and how the girl’s teacher saw something amiss, but did not report because she had no proof.First of all, one cannot imagine how it would feel to starve to death and to receive the kind of neglect this young girl received at the hands of her mother. The

Karina Forrest-Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669385620249995918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945882152962805284.post-34491398237114863232009-07-16T10:32:00.001-05:002009-07-16T10:34:53.865-05:00Death Penalty and Child Well Being

Death Penalty and Child Well-being; what do they have in common? Maybe everything. When I read the article on the impending execution of a 24 year old boy in South Dakota and looked at the state breakdown on the death penalty in today’s paper, I was compelled to also look at the Kids Count Data Book, sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Children’s Defense Fund (www.kidscount.org ),

Karina Forrest-Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669385620249995918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945882152962805284.post-37152967242426841432009-06-16T11:23:00.003-05:002009-06-16T11:28:20.508-05:00Let's fund child abuse and neglect prevention and Improve America's Health

A recent report from the United Health Foundation reported on America’s Health Rankings stated that the “health of Americans has failed to improve for the fourth consecutive year. Key factors contributing to these results included unprecedented levels of obesity, increasing numbers of uninsured people and the persistence of risky health behaviors, particularly tobacco use.”The Partnership for

Karina Forrest-Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669385620249995918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945882152962805284.post-4425178587407168152009-06-10T09:42:00.002-05:002009-06-10T09:55:40.836-05:00Why?

Nearly every day, I ponder the why of child abuse and neglect. Why do we as individuals, families, neighborhoods, communities, states, countries and the world accept and allow the atrocities committed to our children? And by our children, I mean all children, not just those in our immediate families or neighborhood. Why do we deal with our pain, our fears, frustrations, stresses, anger and

Karina Forrest-Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669385620249995918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945882152962805284.post-27607053784560019652009-05-13T11:20:00.002-05:002009-05-13T11:23:42.468-05:00Advocacy

You care about the children in our country and want them to be safe, healthy, and happy. It follows that you want to help ensure that local, state, and federal policymakers adopt, implement, and maintain important policies and programs that support children and families. In order to ensure that these policies and programs are maintained, it is critical to have a sustained vocal and noticeable

Karina Forrest-Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669385620249995918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945882152962805284.post-3513772968101249512007-12-07T08:42:00.000-06:002008-01-04T15:57:30.421-06:00So…what about spanking?

Our Summer 2007 issue of the PCAMN newsletter Prevention Works carried an article looking at both sides of the spanking debate. We did not take a position on that article at that time because we were in the midst of creating a statement of our position. Philosophically, we have understood that spanking is not only not successful in teaching the life affirming behaviors we want in out children

Karina Forrest-Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669385620249995918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945882152962805284.post-45424426182494102712007-10-29T15:06:00.000-05:002008-01-04T15:57:50.163-06:00Creating Supportive Communities

Community. The word has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? I feel an immediate sense of calmness and protection whenever I hear the word. But what does “community” mean to us collectively? And how can a community help to assure the safety and well-being of our children? My thesaurus lists “area, district, locality, neighborhood, region and section” as synonyms for “community”. Also “public, people,

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