News and new developments pertaining to child abuse and child abuse laws
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It isn't unusual to see animal abuse and child abuse from the same person:
Watervliet woman charged with trying to kill 10-month-old son
(Woman who was arrested last year for alleged animal abuse accused of beating infant for days) - by Brendon J. Lyons and Kenneth C. Crowe for The Times Union
Another horrific child abuse story:
9-year-old has been dead inside SW Houston apartment for a year, 3 other kids were abandoned: HCSO - by Brooke Taylor for ABC Eyewitness News
Another link: Three starving children, 7, 10, and 15, are found locked inside Houston apartment next to the decomposing remains of their 9-year-old brother who had been dead for a YEAR - by Andrea Blanco for Daily Mail
List of posts about this case found HERE.
9-year-old has been dead inside SW Houston apartment for a year, 3 other kids were abandoned: HCSO - by Brooke Taylor for ABC Eyewitness News
Another link: Three starving children, 7, 10, and 15, are found locked inside Houston apartment next to the decomposing remains of their 9-year-old brother who had been dead for a YEAR - by Andrea Blanco for Daily Mail
List of posts about this case found HERE.
How sexual trauma effects women over the long term:
Research delves into causes of nightmares that shadow female survivors of sexual trauma (It’s been estimated that up to 88% of survivors of rape or molestation suffer from persistent nightmares that can occur multiple times per week, seemingly at random.) - a new study from psychologists at the University of Kansas for Neuroscience News
excerpt:
... In the study, Youngren and co-authors Nancy Hamilton, KU associate professor of clinical psychology, and Kristopher Preacher of Vanderbilt University, recruited 27 female college students who reported frequent nightmares tied to sexual trauma. In addition to interviews and questionnaires to assess general depression and anxiety-related symptoms, these participants were asked to complete pre- and post-sleep diaries for six days ...
... In the study, Youngren and co-authors Nancy Hamilton, KU associate professor of clinical psychology, and Kristopher Preacher of Vanderbilt University, recruited 27 female college students who reported frequent nightmares tied to sexual trauma. In addition to interviews and questionnaires to assess general depression and anxiety-related symptoms, these participants were asked to complete pre- and post-sleep diaries for six days ...
... Post-traumatic nightmares are linked to insomnia and can occur simultaneously with depression, anxiety, cardiovascular risk factors, alcohol abuse, suicidal ideations and suicide attempts ...
... Currently, interventions include prescribing a heart rate medication called Prazosin and a therapeutic technique where a survivor “re-scripts” nightmares to prime themselves into dreaming differently. Youngren said a more specific grasp of what triggers nightmare occurrences could lead to more effective treatments.
Scapegoating is discussed when it concerns child abuse case in Pittsburgh, PA:
The PBS News Hour takes on Childhood Trauma in its series, "Invisible Scars":
Watch the videos or get the full transcripts of the videos here:
Watch Live: Your questions on childhood trauma during the pandemic answered
How to Help Kids build resilience during amid Covid-19 chaos
How to Help Kids build resilience during amid Covid-19 chaos
The New York Times Discusses Britney Spears' Legal Case Where Guardianship Was Awarded to Her Father (story by Joe Coscarelli):
excerpt:
Britney Spears told a Los Angeles judge on Wednesday that she has been drugged, compelled to work against her will and prevented from removing her birth control device over the past 13 years as she pleaded with the court to end her father’s legal control of her life ...
It was the first time that the world had heard Ms. Spears address in detail her struggles with the conservatorship granted to her father, James P. Spears, in 2008, when concerns about her mental health and potential substance abuse led him to petition the court for legal authority over his adult daughter.
Ms. Spears called for the arrangement to end without her “having to be evaluated.”
“I shouldn’t be in a conservatorship if I can work. The laws need to change,” she added. “I truly believe this conservatorship is abusive. I don’t feel like I can live a full life.”
My note: I reviewed a documentary about conservatorships (in this case, legal guardians of the elderly) in the post called Documentary Review: Guardian's Inc. What Britney Spear's is going through is similar to the cases presented in that documentary. The present laws seem to be faulty in terms of guardians using guardianships for power and control, typical abuse tactics, and to take advantage. Hopefully with Britney's case in the spotlight, it can highlight where laws need to be changed.
You can also read her full statement to the judge from this Variety news article (Jem Aswad reporting).
UPDATE
Brittany's father's conservatorship of Brittany was ended. It was deemed to be untenable and toxic by the judge in the case. ARTICLE OF HOW IT HAPPENED:
Brittany Spears Conservatorship Nightmare (How the pop star’s father and a team of lawyers seized control of her life—and have held on to it for thirteen years) - by Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino for The New Yorker
2023 NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE (discusses her new book):
‘I Had Been Exploited:’ Takeaways From Britney Spears’s Memoir
The pop star’s new book, “The Woman in Me,” recounts her rise to fame, struggles that became tabloid fodder and her efforts to escape a conservatorship that long governed her life.
excerpt from the article:
... But Spears remains raw about the aftermath of the conservatorship, writing of her continued estrangement from much of her family. “Migraines are just one part of the physical and emotional damage I have now that I’m out of the conservatorship,” she writes. “I don’t think my family understands the real damage that they did.” ...
My note: headaches are a sign of trauma, and can be a PTSD symptom.
2023 THE ATLANTIC (discusses her new book too):
BRITNEY FINALLY TELLS HER STORY. IT’S DARK. (With her new memoir, the pop star tries to close a long and maddening chapter of her life. Will we finally let her?) - by Spencer Kornhaber for The Atlantic
excerpt:
... Readers expecting a breezy celebrity memoir will be shocked by the grim opening pages. Describing her childhood in rural Louisiana, Spears’s declarative sentences have the ominousness of the Old Testament, and her themes are Southern Gothic. “Tragedy runs in my family,” Spears writes, before describing her paternal grandfather, June, as an abusive man who committed two of his wives to mental hospitals. One of those wives killed herself on the grave of her infant child. June’s harshness, Spears feels, made her own father, Jamie, a cruel and demanding alcoholic. ...
My note: And this is the kind of person that a judge entrusts to her care? How horrifying!! Something is deeply flawed about abusive family conservatorships, and I'll write about how to protect yourself from one. Look forward to it - I'll be putting in a link HERE.
NEW LAWS:excerpt from the article:
... But Spears remains raw about the aftermath of the conservatorship, writing of her continued estrangement from much of her family. “Migraines are just one part of the physical and emotional damage I have now that I’m out of the conservatorship,” she writes. “I don’t think my family understands the real damage that they did.” ...
My note: headaches are a sign of trauma, and can be a PTSD symptom.
2023 THE ATLANTIC (discusses her new book too):
BRITNEY FINALLY TELLS HER STORY. IT’S DARK. (With her new memoir, the pop star tries to close a long and maddening chapter of her life. Will we finally let her?) - by Spencer Kornhaber for The Atlantic
excerpt:
... Readers expecting a breezy celebrity memoir will be shocked by the grim opening pages. Describing her childhood in rural Louisiana, Spears’s declarative sentences have the ominousness of the Old Testament, and her themes are Southern Gothic. “Tragedy runs in my family,” Spears writes, before describing her paternal grandfather, June, as an abusive man who committed two of his wives to mental hospitals. One of those wives killed herself on the grave of her infant child. June’s harshness, Spears feels, made her own father, Jamie, a cruel and demanding alcoholic. ...
My note: And this is the kind of person that a judge entrusts to her care? How horrifying!! Something is deeply flawed about abusive family conservatorships, and I'll write about how to protect yourself from one. Look forward to it - I'll be putting in a link HERE.
from Wikipedia:
In the Senate, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bob Casey (D-PA) requested the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice for information regarding guardianship within the United States. The two senators expressed their concern that issues within guardianship systems could "create significant opportunities for neglect, exploitation, and abuse", and highlighted that insufficient amounts of data hindered efforts for "policy recommendations". The letter to the government agencies was written in direct response to Spears's June 23 testimony, citing that her case "has shined a light on longstanding concerns [...] for financial and civil rights abuses of individuals placed under [...] conservatorship".[172]
On September 28, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) held a bipartisan hearing in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee concerning guardianship and conservatorship. The two senators cited Spears's case as a major influence in the legislative discussion. The hearing was named "Toxic Conservatorships: The Need for Reform", in reference to Spears's 2004 hit single "Toxic".[173] Spears did not testify in the hearing, but various legal and medical experts alongside other conservatees did.[174]
On September 30, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the #FreeBritney Bill into law. The bill, drafted by Assemblyman Evan Low, implements procedures that check for financial conflict of interest and regulate conservators acting outside of the conservatee's best interest. The bill's provisions are expected to go into effect in 2023 or 2024.[175]
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