For generations, harsh or humiliating language directed at children has been minimised as “just words”, framed as discipline, or justified as character-building. Many of us grew up in the UK learning, ...

Petr Vlachovsky’s non-contact sexual abuse has had long-term effects and could finally be the catalyst for safeguarding policy change for women and girls in the sport Kristyna Janku answered the phone ...

New measures under the Housing (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 aimed at combatting abuse of public rental housing (PRH) came into effect today. The measures include introducing new offences relating to ...

Even a single dose of Adderall, used illicitly without a prescription, can be damaging to the heart, a new study says. Adderall, a medication approved by the U.S ...

The Epstein files don’t just point at one predator—they show a system that operated like a business. Recruitment, grooming, transportation, payments, and coded language that made abuse sound like ...

Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans has issued a formal apology to abuse survivors in that archdiocese, following last month's court approval of a $230 million settlement in the five-year-long ...

Pegah Faed, CEO of Safe & Sound, joined The Four to talk about the organization’s decades-long work preventing child abuse and addressing trauma through services and advocacy in San Francisco. She ...

Not long ago, Fred Armisen was reminiscing about the sound-effect LPs he used to stock at the Chicago record store where he worked in the Nineties. These vinyl platters contained all kinds of sounds, ...

Experiencing childhood verbal abuse shows a similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse, suggests a large intergenerational study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. While ...

Experiencing childhood verbal abuse shows a similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse, suggests a large intergenerational study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. While ...