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These short positive sayings can work wonders. BY CAROLINE PICARD Courtesy of Good Housekeeping Put life in perspective with some short yet sage pieces of advice. These wise and beautiful words from your favorite positive thinkers will get you in the right mindset to tackle whatever obstacles lie ahead. Inspirational quotes from successful people like Oprah, Helen Keller, and Maya Angelou can help you reframe negative thoughts during tough times and change your attitude so you feel refreshed and motivated. Whether you're hoping to achieve success at work, home, or life in general, establishing the right intentions can help [...]

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A new documentary, Contraland, illustrates the following shocking points: · Child sex trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal enterprise on earth. · It generates an estimated $38 Billion dollar each year in the U.S. · Blackmail involving pedophilia is at the root of much of America’s political corruption. · 30,000 victims of sex trafficking die each year from abuse, disease, and neglect, some as young as six years old. · Over 71% of trafficked children show suicidal tendencies. · Sex traffickers condition their male and female victims with starvation, rape, gang rape, physical abuse, beating, confinement, forced drug use, and shame. [...]

In this powerful documentary from Family Watch International (www.familywatch.org), you will learn from experts—as well as the testimonies from individuals whose lives have been negatively impacted by pornography—about the addictive nature of porn, its impact on the brain, and how pornography viewing can lead to family breakdown, prostitution, sex trafficking and other crimes against women and children. While the film exposes pornography as a devastating and debilitating addiction, it concludes with a message of hope as it shares how former addicts and their families find healing through therapy and the support of family members. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ1ExvcsyLk SIGN THE PETITION! [...]

Introduction: The following video from Family Watch International gives a clear explanation why goals to reduce poverty, premature deaths and abusive relationships throughout the world are linked to strong marriages and father involvement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp2lfmb6rlY

It’s time for Snapchat to take sexting, cyberbullying, and sexual exploitation on its app seriously. EndSexualExploitation.org January 26, 2018 Within the last decade, cyberbullying has emerged as a pernicious new form of bullying that breaks the spirits of our nation’s children. It has been deemed a public health issue[1] and is a matter of serious concern to our organization. We are especially concerned by evidence which shows that some cyberbullying activity involves sexual harassment and coercion. It is our view that much of the activity referred to under the guise of “sexting” actually represents cyber-based sexual abuse. For instance, offline sexual [...]

The sex trade is fundamentally predatory. Systems of sexual exploitation (e.g. strip clubs, illicit massage parlors, legal brothels, online prostitution websites, etc.) operate using a business model that feeds off of people’s vulnerabilities and traumatic events such as childhood sexual abuse, child sex trafficking, child neglect, sexual abuse within the foster care system, homelessness, and economic insecurity. These adverse experiences are often compounded by additional marginalization and vulnerabilities created by young age, racial and gender discrimination, learning disabilities, and/or immigrant or indigenous minority status. Pimps (the functional equivalents of sex traffickers) and sex buyers exploit these vulnerabilities for their personal [...]

National Center on Sexual Exploitation, March 17, 2020 COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2. Call it what you want, but the novel coronavirus is all anyone is talking about anymore. The COVID-19 health pandemic has closed schools, cancelled most activities, and isolated most everyone at home all at once. In the midst of the social distancing, self-isolation, quarantines, and lockdowns, we’re all feeling some cabin fever and parents, in particular, may be feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of eight weeks of time with their children home from school unexpectedly. Now more than ever, kids and teens will be spending extra time online via phones, [...]