By Tara Overzat I can only hope that appropriate sentencing of child abusers has come along way since the late 90s, but I am not sure that is the case. It is as if there is a [...]
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By Tara Overzat I can only hope that appropriate sentencing of child abusers has come along way since the late 90s, but I am not sure that is the case. It is as if there is an unspoken understanding that children are the “property” of their parents, so that we should not judge the methods [...]
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By Tara Overzat Last night’s Dateline focused on the October 2007 murder of Rhoni Reuter, longtime girlfriend of ’85 Chicago Bears star Shaun Gayle. Often these Datelines are predictable and all fingers point to the significant other. Reuter, however, who was several months pregnant was instead killed by one of Shaun’s many other girlfriends, a [...]
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By Tara Overzat Numerous scholarly articles have stated that not only is child abuse underreported (here and globally) but so is child sexual abuse. My own sexual abuse is difficult to talk about. But I can say that looking back, I am incensed at the pediatrician in the town I was raised in for the [...]
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By Tara Overzat Child abuse is a crime with long-lasting consequences. Much like the butterfly that flaps its wings today only to cause a typhoon a thousand miles away, abuse follows a survivor for decades, impacting every day of their lives. Some of the long-term effects of child abuse include: depression, anxiety, chronic physical pain, [...]
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