Child Killed by Mother's Partner

Leeds Crown Court

This is such a terrible story.  I HATE stories like this.  And they are all too common.   

Three-year-old boy ‘punched to death by mum’s boyfriend

 

A man hit his girlfriend’s three-year-old child so hard that he died from internal injuries 36 hours later, a court has heard.  

This is what we are talking about when we talk about nonviolence and Nonviolent Communication (NVC).  We are talking about life and death. 

There are SO MANY of these stories.    I can only list a tiny fraction here.  

Mother and partner guilty of murdering two-year-old boy

Stepfather who murdered partner's two-year-old son with sickening injuries

Stepmum beat and starved girl, 10, to death before burning her body in bin

These types of incidents can be PREVENTED.  

NVC is based on EMPATHY.  And when we learn the skills of empathy, we can PREVENT these awful violent situations.   

NVC can be highly effective in reducing, resolving and PREVENTING conflicts. 

There are so many reasons why we need NVC.  Family problems and conflicts can be addressed and, in many cases, resolved using NVC.  For more about this, download Affirmations for Parents.  

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See also:  Are We Listening to Our Children?   

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Child Sexual Abuse - Protecting Our Children

Samuel P. Holloway III

It's very unusual for a Black man to talk openly about the abuse he experienced as a child, let alone write three books about it - but that is what Samuel P. Holloway III has done.

My ebook Affirmations for Parents now contains my new interview with Samuel P. Holloway III, author of Eyes without a Face and How It All Happened:  The Raw Truth.   

Samuel is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse which began when he was just eight years old, and went on for many years.  

In Affirmations for Parents, Samuel gives suggestions on how to prevent child sexual abuse, what signs of abuse parents can look for, and what to do to protect our children.  

To read my interview with Samuel, click here to download Affirmations for Parents now.  

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