How to do Primary Prevention and More
My reading this morning was about: moving the US toward primary prevention of child sexual abuse; child predators on TikTok and my first YouTube troll comments.
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Tech Savvy Parenting: Prevention Lessons from Recent Grindr Arrests
In the past few weeks in the Philadelphia area, where I have my primary therapy practice, there have been a number of arrests related to the hook up application (“app”), Grindr. On May 1, 2014 a young man was found murdered after meeting someone with whom he connected on the Grindr app. The person he […]
Help for Minor Attraction
Based on science and clinical experience we know there are individuals who acknowledge an attraction to children, also known as minor attraction.
Research: CSAM on the Dark Web
Protect Children is a non-governmental not-for-profit organization, that recently published the results of their survey, which looked at CSAM on the Dark Web.
You Are Not a Monster: Review of A Long Dark Shadow
As a member of a professional community close to this issue, I want to address the controversy surrounding Dr. Allyn Walker and their book A Long Dark Shadow.
Do Minor Attracted Persons Make Your Skin Crawl?
What are Minor Attracted Persons (MAPs)? Let’s talk about the things that make us uncomfortable and learn in the process.
Pedophilia is Not a Behavior
It’s easy to tell when a bit of science about pedophilia is brought out to the general public. There is usually a rash of negative memes attacking the authors.
Girls and Sexting
I am writing to you today from the annual conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA). Each year, in addition to traditional talks, there are poster presentations. Today, Marion Desfachelles, a Ph.D. student at the University of Montreal, presented a poster on her research on girls and sexting. Background on Canadian Laws […]
