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Summer Vacations, Kids, and Creativity

Posted by: cacjc / Jun 16, 2015 / Tags: creative activities, creativity, healing activities, limit screen time, quiet time, summer vacation, technology free

By Michelle Wilson When school gets out for summer, families often find themselves needing to plan for children being home for a few months. When I was growing up, I spent most summers at home with my mom doing her usual activities and with my siblings, one younger and four older. We only had a

Forgiveness on the child victim’s terms — not the offender’s

Posted by: cacjc / Jun 2, 2015 / Tags: 19 and Counting, Arkansas Department of Human Services, child pornography, forgiveness, Jim Bob Duggar, Josh Duggar, Michelle Duggar, power and control, sex offender assessment, sex offender treatment, sexual abuse victims, teenage offenders, victim recovery

By Tammi Pitzen, Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I have been sitting back and reading about the Duggar family and the recent publicity around the oldest son and his sexually abusing (Yes, that is what it is — not a sexual indiscretion, not just a “teenager’s mistake” and certainly not

Happy Mother’s Day! What I hope my son remembers

Posted by: cacjc / May 10, 2015 / Tags: Mother's Day, Super Moms

Today is Mother’s Day, and so today I am reflecting on the last six years since I became a mom. Being a mom is the most rewarding, most exhausting, most scary, most wonderful job ever. I come from generations of what I call Super Moms. I always strive to be half the mom my mom

Just Wanted to Tell You

Posted by: cacjc / Feb 23, 2015 / Tags: Catherine Zern LCSW

Just Wanted to Tell You Poem by Catherine Zern, LCSW Your eyes were far away tonight And you didn’t have time to tell me a story Or listen to my fears of the dark So I screamed and cried til you spanked me But I was just trying’ to tell you that the House was

Planting Seeds and Watching Them Grow

Posted by: cacjc / Jan 21, 2015 / Tags: garden vegetables, growing seeds, quality family time, Valentines Day

By Michelle Wilson, Development Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Soon after Valentine’s Day, right after all of the red and white bows and hearts start to come off of the shelves, little signs of the coming of spring start to poke their heads out around us. Stores start selling packets of

12 things I learned in my first year as an Oregonian

Posted by: cacjc / Nov 25, 2014 / Tags: Beavers, Ducks, Jackson County, native Oregonians, Oregonians, The State of Oregon, Veterans

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Last week I celebrated my one year anniversary at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County — and my one year living in Oregon. I had never even visited Oregon prior to coming here for the job interview in September of 2013.

Stephen Collins: Why did no one make a report?

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 10, 2014 / Tags: 7th Heaven, abused children, celebrities, child sexual abuse, Hollywood, offenders, reporting child abuse, Stephen Collins

By Tammi Pitzen, Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County This morning started as most any other morning. I got to the office early before anyone was here. I went up to my office. Checked email. Checked voice mail. Everything was going well until I checked Facebook. Circulating was a story on Stephen

Adrian Peterson: Child Abuse or Discipline?

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 16, 2014 / Tags: Adrian Peterson, Allegations of Child Maltreatment, child discipline, Chris Carter, Minnesota Vikings, National Football League, NFL, Southern Parenting

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County This week the big news was that Adrian Peterson, a member of the Minnesota Vikings, was charged with child abuse for spanking his child with a “switch” and leaving bruising. The topic of debate has been: Is this abuse or is this

Lessons I learned from my father

Posted by: cacjc / Jun 15, 2014 / Tags: Father's Day, fathers, personality traits

By Tammi Pitzen, CAC Executive Director Ask anyone who knows me well and they will tell you I am a Daddy’s Girl. I cannot begin to tell you how much I love my mom, but my dad has always been my hero. Some of my strongest personality traits are ones I inherited from my father.

When did I become my mother? (Happy Mother’s Day!)

Posted by: cacjc / May 11, 2014 / Tags: Children as mirrors, Mother's Day, Motherhood

I have mostly been staring at a blank computer screen the last few days trying to feel inspired to write a blog for Mother’s Day. It is a daunting task. I have so many feelings that I cannot adequately express in a blog of 300 words or less. I started with a “Things I learned

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