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Aneeta Pearson is a social worker passionate about protecting children and a proud University of Michigan Alumna, Go Blue!

• Recommended Article: Fathers & Services

  By Aneeta Pearson on August 20, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  August 2018 The article provided below discusses the importance of a father’s involvement during pregnancy and the lack of early education parent programs specifically for fathers in the United States. The article raises awareness on this important issue, provides supporting… Read More ›

• Recommended Article: Mom & Baby Bond

  By Aneeta Pearson on June 4, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  June 2018 The following thought-provoking article discusses the issue of inmates raising their babies behind bars while completing their sentences. The growing debate about “The Moms and Babies” program revolves around its suitability. While the program provides a mom and… Read More ›

• Recommended Article: The Catholic Church

  By Aneeta Pearson on May 8, 2018 • ( 0 )

  May 2018 The Catholic Church has experienced tremendous scrutiny due to pedophilia. Ongoing media coverage of child abuse in the Catholic Church, in addition to sexual abuse survivors and their families telling their stories, has shed light on this issue…. Read More ›

• Recommended Literature: STOP FGM!

  By Aneeta Pearson on April 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  April 2018 Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is defined as “the partial or total removal of the female genitalia or injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.” In many countries around the… Read More ›

• Recommended Article: Child Poverty

  By Aneeta Pearson on March 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  March 2018 Research proves that poverty has long-term effects on children well into adulthood. Limited or no access to adequate health coverage, educational inequality, and lack of resources are some of the many issues children living in poverty face worldwide…. Read More ›

• Recommended Literature: Family Violence & Parental Alienation

  By Aneeta Pearson on February 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  February 2018 Parental alienation, considered a form of emotional abuse, is the psychological manipulation of a child turning against the unwanted parent. Parental alienation usually occurs in cases of divorce or separation. Family violence, on the other hand, is often… Read More ›

• Recommended Articles: Protected by the Law

  By Aneeta Pearson on December 3, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  December 2017 The act of disciplining children as a form of punishment is slowly but surely becoming an act of the past. Physical punishment, also known as spanking or corporal punishment, is banned in many countries around the world. For… Read More ›