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October 1, 2014

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"Parents beware: We cannot protect our children from every harm. We can only give them the tools that we reasonably judge are necessary as they become able to manage them. Your daughter will come home furious and hurt by the friends who rejected her. Your son will skin his knee on the playground. Our kids fall out of trees and fail tests and witness violence and sometimes, despite all of our good efforts, they are the victims of violence. It's not fair and it shouldn't be, but it is, and that fact reasonably makes parents anxious."

CLICK for Babies coming to a close
We've had well over 100 volunteers, knitters and participants in our "knit in tour" this summer! Thank you to all who jumped in to help prevent infant abuse by helping us share the Period of PURPLE Crying with NH parents.

Still have hats? Donate them at "collection sites" or mail to us at NH Children's Trust, 10 Ferry Street, Suite 315, Concord, NH 03301

Don't forget to take our brief survey so we can tell the national campaign organizers how amazing NH is! 
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This year, we've been on tour visiting nursing students, civic groups, college classes, hospital staff and faith communities discussing how preventing child abuse is a community-based issue. If we support parents, their Protective Factors are enriched and therefore their child has a better chance at a bright future.
Effects of spanking on the brain
"There's no study that I've ever done that's found a positive consequence of spanking," said Elizabeth Gershoff, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin. "Most of us will stop what we're doing if somebody hits us, but that doesn't mean we've learned why somebody hit us, or what we should be doing instead, which is the real motive behind discipline."
 
Rock the vote!
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Vote for kids on November 4!

General elections are just around the corner, stay on top of the issues that your choice candidates support!
Every Child Matters put together a toolkit and candidate info for NH voters.
Adrian Peterson and what to do in your community
Stopping family cycles of child abuse is one of NH Children's Trust's missions - as well as our national partner, Prevent Child Abuse America.

"Peterson's actions and comments are indicative of someone who faced corporal punishment himself as a child. And the question parents ask is whether they should subject their child to the same discipline they received, or have we advanced from the days of belts, extension cords, rulers, and switches?" -Boston Globe
 

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