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Monday, November 5th, 2007
By Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
In the story I commented about the other day, I find a statement that I hear far too often.
Ramsay says, “To this day, I will never understand why mum stayed with him. She deserved so much better and so much more; it still pains me to remember how badly he treated her.”
Once entangled, deeply entangled–especially with children involved–leaving can pose greater imagined threats than staying. And so, many women stay because they long to avert what they feel is the bigger danger. We find this more with women who are the economically unempowered partner in the relationship. (more…)
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
By Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
Each time I read a story like this, “Ramsay: No one should suffer abuse like my mum,” I think to myself: early detection is the absolute best intervention and prevention of domestic abuse.
Famous chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay writes of his own experience wittnessing domestic abuse and the many losses that came with the package.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — “No child should ever have to live in fear in their own home. A home should be a place where you feel safe and loved; when I was a kid, our home was anything but that.” … For the complete story
If you or someone you know struggles with domestic abuse, seek to properly identify it before it causes serious harm to them and to their children.
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
By Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
Did you know the signs of emotional verbal abuse are your friends if you recognize them for what they are?
An adult survivor of severe childhood abuse by her natural father plotted with her sister (also abused) to kill their parents in cold blood. The mother, who watched the children being abuse, took the first bullet and the abusive father the second.
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