The Heritage Foundation has crafted model legislation called the Defining Abuse Child Protection Act that details state protections for parents and children.

Emotional abuse centers around control, manipulation, isolation, and demeaning or threatening behavior. Signs of abuse include: • Monitoring and controlling a person’s behavior, such as who ...

But education is only part of the solution. Survivors need support. Healing is possible — whether the abuse happened yesterday or decades ago. Florida is home to a network of certified Children’s ...

The bill looks to add "coercive control" to the definition of abuse, which is behavior which isolates or exploits a victim and often limits a victim's access to money and freedom. Also read ...

Discipline involves teaching your child ways to behave, follow rules, and learn self-control. Abuse isn’t discipline but rather actions that harm a child. Learn the difference and where to find ...

(KATU) — A bill crafted by the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) and the state's System of Care Advisory Council (SOCAC) would loosen the definition of child abuse as it pertains to ...

Sexual abuse means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. Any sexual activity with children (persons under the age of ...

It concerns sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional/psychological abuse, physical/emotional neglect and witnessing of partner violence (definition article 1 Child and Youth Act).