Advocates say many Americans do not realize child sex trafficking happens in the United States, not just overseas. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that at least 100,000 children in the U.S. are victims of prostitution each year. Advocacy groups and the North Texas Trafficking Task Force are focused on underage victims coming [...]
I will begin this advice by reminding you what you already know: If you are dealing with a situation of sexual abuse of a child in Texas, you must, by law, report the suspected abuse to the DFPS – Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. There is a hotline in Texas- 1-800-252-5400. Or you [...]
Many people remember their grandparents – and see grandparents today – as the emotional anchor of their extended families. It seems intuitively logical that grandparents should have the right, legally, to step in and intervene when they see their grandchildren in situations of abuse, neglect and worse. Drug use of adult children is all too [...]
