7 Tips for Helping Your Middle Schooler with Homework

Written by Lori Poland, EndCAN Executive Director As a parent, helping adolescents in their middle school years with their homework can be a difficult task. From the eye roll to the sass, it can be hard to be a calm and collected parent in those stressful moments when...

Finally, someone believed me

Finally, someone believed me I was abused physically and mentally until the age of sixteen. I finally had the courage to run away from my father after my stepbrother who was six at the time ran away before I did (he almost died from the abuse). Him running away made...

I just wanted a hug

I just wanted a hug This isn’t my past story, this is my current story. I am living in this right now. Well, hi, I’m 14 years old. I have realized, relatively recently, that I have lived under an abusive parent my entire life. Besides my boyfriend, I never...

Is Your Child Being Abused?

Know the Signs   The stories are shocking and appalling. Catholic clergy abusing children, a former USA Gymnastics doctor sexually abusing hundreds of young athletes, a beloved pediatrician abusing children, and multiple reports of children driven by bullies to...