Simplicity Parenting

by | Jul 12, 2011 | Parenting

Has your life become overwhelming? Have too much on your plate? Are your children overscheduled? Do your kids have too many toys?

Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
By Kim John Payne, Lisa M. Ross

A must-read. Go back to basics. Simplify your family life. Bring balance and rhythm to your children’s lives and make those teenage years a bit easier.

Written by a clinician and long-time Waldorf educator. You will love this book and it might remove some of the stresses of parenting. Who knows, it might remove some of the pressures you place upon yourself.

 

Some sex offender data

by | Dec 7, 2010 | Parenting

From a 2004 study by Abbey & McAusland:

In college and community samples, rates of self-reported rape
perpetration range from 6% to 15%, and rates of sexual assault perpetration rang from 22% to 57% (Abbey et al., 1998; Calhoun, Bernat, Clum, & Frame, 1997; Koss et al., 1987; Muehlenhard & Linton, 1987; Rapaport & Burkhart, 1984;
Senn, Desmarais, Verberg, & Wood, 2000). Very few longitudinal studies of sexual assault perpetration have been conducted. Ageton (1983) reported results from a representative sample of adolescents, ages 11-17 years, over a 3-year time period. The pattern of results varied by age and cohort, with the highest annual incidence rate of sexual assault being 8% among 17-year-olds in 1978. Malamuth, Linz, Heavey, Barnes, and Acker (1995) conducted a 10-year follow-up study of male college students. Although they did not report incidence rates, there was a significant positive correlation between Time 1 and Time 2 reports of committing sexual assault. White and Smith
(in press) surveyed three cohorts of men across 4 years of college. By the end of the study, 14% had reported committing attempted or completed rape and 34% had reported at least one act of sexual assault perpetration.

Taken from ATSA listserve  (David Prescott)

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