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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

A Strong Man

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 10, 2015 / Tags: A stron man, Barnyard movie, Big Idea, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Darkness to Light, Jackson County, Patriarch Cow Ben, Stewards of Children, Tammi Pitzen, United Way of Jackson County, volunteering, young cow Otis

By Tammi Pitzen, Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I will let you in on a secret. I love animated movies. I love Disney. I love Pixar. Long before I had my son, I would watch these movies . . . usually not on the big screen, but in the privacy of

Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Posted by: The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County / Feb 24, 2015

Post by Jennifer Wolfe, mother, teacher, and writer. Originally published on Huff Post Parents: The Blog I’m a creature of habit. As much as I love adventure, I take comfort in the little routines of motherhood, carefully evolved over years of practice. Those small moments help center me, help me to feel at peace —

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

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

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