Sibling Aggression Just As Harmful As Bullying, Says Study
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As most people with siblings can attest, growing up with brothers or sisters can sometimes lead to arguments or full-on fights over everything from a favorite toy to casual insults. While...
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89 Percent of New Hampshire Residents Support Common-Sense Background Checks; Ayotte Opposed Common-Sense, Bipartisan Legislation to Keep Guns Out of Dangerous Hands CONCORD, N.H., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Survivors of gun violence, faith leaders, and local activists gathered at City Plaza in Concord, New Hampshire today to hold Senator Kelly Ayotte accountable for voting against bipartisan legislation proposed by NRA A-rated Senators Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey that...
Gives People New Facts and Tools to Fight for Gun Safety Laws to Protect Children WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) launches a new public awareness and social media campaign, "We Can Do Better." Did you know America's military and law-enforcement agencies have four million guns and our citizens have 310 million? The new campaign created for CDF by Fallon Worldwide gives people powerful new facts like this and tools to fight...
"No More Names: National Drive to Reduce Gun Violence" Bus Tour Begins in Newtown; Will Visit 25 States Over 100 Days; www.NoMoreNames.org NEWTOWN, Conn., June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the six-month anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Mayors Against Illegal Guns joined with several families of Newtown victims to launch the "No More Names: National Drive to Reduce Gun Violence" bus tour. Over a period of 100 days, the tour will travel to...
Family physicians positioned to intervene and connect survivors with needed services Although many abused women suffer from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and/or depression, they are not receiving needed mental health services, a University of Missouri researcher found. “More than half of the women participating in our study suffered from depression, PTSD or both illnesses,” said Mansoo Yu, an assistant professor of social work in the College of Human Environmental Sciences....
Hackathon for the Reduction of Gun Violence to be held at Twilio HQ in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Highground Hackers today formally announced its first-ever hackathon focused on reducing gun violence that will be held in San Francisco over the weekend of June 8(th), 2013. The Highground Hackers brings together developers and experts from mental health, education, law enforcement, government, and community safety to find pragmatic technical solutions to...
Child safety expert and author, Irene van der Zande, spells out simple steps parents can take and safety skills they can teach their kids before summer camp and recreational activities start, in ways that are fun and age-appropriate — “not scary or weird.” Van der Zande is the founder of Kidpower, a leading nonprofit in personal safety skills education, known for taking a positive, skills-based approach to preventing sexual abuse, kidnapping, bullying and other violence. San...
- ChildFund Alliance - Plan - Save the Children - UNICEF - World Vision NEW YORK, May 31, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by World Vision: We welcome the release of the report (PDF: http://www.post2015hlp.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/UN-Report.pdf) from the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons (HLP) on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, and commend the efforts of its Members and its Secretariat to outline an ambitious yet...
“Your Teen 360°: I Was in an Abusive Relationship,” takes a close look at teenagers who end up in abusive relationships and the need to pursue healthy ones. Beachwood, OH (PRWEB) May 29, 2013 Abusive relationships is the focus of Your Teen 360°, a special report from Your Teen Magazine for parents of teenagers. Your Teen Magazine created Your Teen 360° to offer parents multiple perspectives from teenagers, parents and experts. The series, “Your Teen 360°: I Was...
Gun Violence Survivors and Concerned Georgians will Urge Representatives Phil Gingrey and Tom Price to Vote for Background Checks Supported by 91% of Georgians MARIETTA, Ga. and ROSWELL, Ga., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Gun violence survivors and concerned Georgians will deliver petitions to the offices of U.S. Representative Phil Gingrey and U.S. Representative Tom Price on Thursday, calling on them to...
Women who have mental health disorders around the time of birth are more likely to have previously experienced domestic violence, according to a study by UK researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. The researchers, led by Louise Howard from King's College London, found that high levels of symptoms of perinatal* depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder were linked to having experienced domestic violence either during pregnancy, the past year, or over a woman's...
