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Hundreds attend youth summit - Desert Sun

... workshop, which this year focused on “Going Healthy,” split teens into sessions to help them spot the signs of depression, prescription drug abuse and suicide, and also gave tips on Internet safety. Jatziri Espino, 14, a freshman at Shadow ...

Heum, alleged paedophile, worries about bail - NDTV

Heum, a Dutch citizen who moved to Tamil Nadu in 1991, has been accused of kidnapping children to sexually abuse them, committing unnatural sexual offences and posting child pornography on the internet. Speaking to NDTV, Heum disclosed, "I have no ...

Psychiatrist Says Church Was Warned About Priest - Free Internet Press

In 1980, following abuse complaints from parents in Essen that the priest did not deny, Archbishop Ratzinger approved a decision to move the priest to Munich for therapy. Despite the psychiatrist’s warnings, Father Hullermann was allowed to return ...

NetClean launches in the UK to stop the spread of child ... - Earthtimes

It is designed to tackle the growing problem of child sex abuse on the web by blocking images on both the internet and on removable media, such as USB sticks and CDs, which have not previously been picked up by solutions that only block access to ...

The List: The Catholic Church’s Latest Abuse Scandals - Foreign Policy

That's theres an internet with all sorts of legal stuff to look at and use so you don't have to abuse little boys??? Not to mention sex toys that getting closer to the real thing. It may not be the real thing, but if the real thing is abuse... It ...

Ore. lawsuit claims Boy Scouts sex abuse coverup - CharlotteObserver.com

... files, the lawyer for a man sexually abused in the 1980s by Dykes, a Scout leader who later admitted to being a serial molester, claims the organization has covered up abuse for decades ... the interactive nature of the internet makes it ...

Australia defends mandatory Internet filter - Bangkok Post

Australia Sunday defended its plan to block some Internet content, such as that featuring child sex abuse or advocating terrorism, after a media rights watchdog warned it may hurt free speech. Australia Sunday defended its plan to block some Internet ...

Facebook considers 'panic button' after UK outcry - Economic Times

A British child protection group and the government have been lobbying Facebook and other networking sites to install a one-click button that can allow children to report abuse and potentially get police help if they suspect they're at risk.

Use and abuse of electronic mail - The Guardian - Nigeria

In this electronic age, it is not uncommon for anyone with an Internet presence to receive unsolicited e-mail from any number of anonymous communicators. Sometimes the e-mail would arrive in the form of a fraudulent proposition for some kind of ...

Government ban on internet firms that do not block ... - Technology.timesonline

Public bodies have been banned from using internet companies that refuse to block a range of websites that contain images of child sex abuse, The Times has learnt. The decision, which could cost some telecom companies millions of pounds, comes amid ...

Open Question: Is there anything we can do?

Morning guys, hope you are well. This is a bit of a long story, so im just going to go into it! Basically, my older brother (29) moved to the states about 8 years ago now, he met someone through the internet,just dumped everything here, and left. They were married for a few years, and had a baby. Around 2 years ago now, my mother recieved a nasty email from my brother, basically stating that he did not want anything to do with her any more, and wrote about how he was abused by her as a child, this is NOT true in any shape or form. There was domestic violence between my mother and my father, but none of us were whitness to any of this, she didnt even tell us untill we were old enough to understand what had happened. Anyway, my brother and his partner split up ages ago, we had no contact with him after he sent the email. It has nearly destroyed my mum reading what he had been saying, and his ex-wife had contact with mum and stated that he was always talking about his "abusive childhood" The other day, i recieved an email from a lady, stating that she has recently married my brother, and again, he is telling her about his abusive mother etc etc. I had to tell her the truth, that it is all lies what he is saying, and i cant make that any clearer, it is ALL lies. Anyway, to my question, is there anything we more

Open Question: False allegations to DFCS?

I am having a panic attack. I need answers please. My stupid ex boyfriend who lives in my home still (because he hasnt moved out yet, i am about to have a baby and he pays bills) called DFCS on me and made a report with all kinds of allegations, such as I abuse him, Im possibly on drugs, I have a personality disorder and I am bipolar, my son hasnt had shots since he was born, and I have porn on the internet. Now let me start off by saying this: I have had my son updated on his shots, I have no history of mental illness and my medical records are clean, I am certainly not on any kind of drugs (I dont even take advil), I dont abuse the babydaddy (haha more like the other way around really), but I do have some porn on a private website from a couple years ago when I was more naiive and confused. Theres no way anyone could find it...unless my dumb ex gave them the website and the screen name I had for on there. So when DFCS came knocking, I denied all allegations and gave them numbers of references. They wanted people like my son's babysitters and for some reason my work phone number. Well it turns out that they have called the babysitters already (one is family and one is a close friend, they told me) and I know they didnt say anything bad about me at all. Should I be concerned about anything bad happening? I dont want my son or son on the way taken away. My one other concern is this. My son hasnt been to the doctor for regular checkups. His medicaid ended when he turned one and I havent been able to get it back yet. When he has been sick ( only once) I took him to the hospital for treatment. It was only a cold however, I still have yet to pay off that bill. I am a dedicated mother caught up in a horrible relationship in the process of ending and I need reassurance. My son is my life. I have heard terrible things about how DFCS wants to take your kids from you and the social workers will lie and yadayayda...is this true? I mean, my house was ( and is all the time) very clean, my son has his own room that is very kept up, he is healthy and happy and they saw that... I live in a decent townhome, I dont live in the slum ghetto, I am very young (Im 19) but I am like I said a wonderful mother and Im sure of that. My insecurity lies in DFCS...do i need to be afraid? I mean, it would have to take a lot to get your kid taken away right? more

Open Question: My World of Warcraft Account got banned for Abuse of Economy, I didn't do it, please help.?

Bout a week ago I got keylogged according to my internet security. And now my WoW account got banned for Abuse of Economy (buying gold) type thing. I'd never do that and none of my characters even have over 600gold.. any suggestions? more

Open Question: I need help leaving an emotionally abusive relationship and how to recover from it. Please read?

Ok so the other day I realised my bf may be mentally abusing me, I thought I was being stupid and paranoid but researched it on the internet and now I am 99% sure I'm in a mentally abusive relationship. Over the past couple of days, especially today it has become more and more apparent to me, I recognise more and more behaviour from them which is described as emotionally abusive. When he is being loving to me, I feel so guilty for thinking he is being mentally abusive towards me. I'm not happy at all atm and I know this is something I need to leave for my own well being and to find someone who treats me the way I deserve and can support me emotionally rather than destroy my entire self esteem. I don't want to leave them but I know I will probably have to, problem is we share the same friends and feel like if I leave him my whole life will just fall apart (may sound dramatic but true), I also feel atm like I wouldn't find anybody else for such a long time and have no self confidence currently. How do you recover from mental scars that cut you deeply? I know councelling would be a good idea but I don't have the money for that, I'm just a student and I can't' talk to anybody I know about all this. I feel like I'm in turmoil atm and don't have a clue what to do or who to talk to about it. Is it possible he will change if he realises how much he keeps hurting me? more

Open Question: Should children be banned from the religious question part of Yahoo questions?

There are adult talking nasty to questioners there and has no answers to religious questions and is clearly trying to convert people to 'no belief'. This is obviously mental and psychological cruelty as well as child abuse to children who may ask these questions. Which ones should be banned? The children or the bad adults? I am reporting this to the Dept. of Justice and the FBI. As well as reporting this info to parents on the internet.This is also a violation of parent's rights.Child abuse, domination, cruel manipulation is ALSO against the Law!Plus, a 13 year old is still a minor and should NOT be treated like an adult here! This abuse skims pornography with the way some talk. more

Open Question: Can anyone tell me more about this merman painting?

Three of four years ago, I was randomly browsing the internet and I found a merman painting that I liked. I forgot about it until today, when I discovered that I'd saved it on Photobucket. But that website is the only place I've ever been able to find it. You can see the painting here: http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/dee62383/?action=view&current=Merman.jpg So can anyone tell me anything about this picture? Preferably, I'd like to know the author, or if I could purchase it. I wouldn't mind putting it in my bathroom. Does the author have a website? A store? What's this painting called? Any information you have would be great. Thanks! Please note that if your answer is condescending or sarcastic in any way, I will report you for abuse. more

Open Question: How can I Anonymously Report a Suspected Child Groomer? (aus)?

I think i've stumbled across what could be a child groomer. I had a whole course on them at school, and some guy added my friend (girl) and she told me about it, he was abusing her and stuff, so I added him posing as a girl giving him s#!t all info about myself. After i gained a little trust, first thing he asked was, "U got a webcam" "no" "aww, I was hoping to see you naked". I'm sure, he's not safe... I mean, he could be fine, but. My parents won't take it lightly if I tell them, in fact, they'd probably ban me from the internet all together... so, Is there some way of anonymously reporting this guy to the cops without any hassle? (In Australia) Thanks TaeHe started to ask me all these sexual questions, convinced I was a girl... so... I told him I needed to knock off and stuff... more

Open Question: Im writing an essay I need to use ebooks for sources where to find for free?

or any advice. its an exploritory essay and we are supposed to use books or magazines etc but I was unable to get to the library this week due to work. My teacher said ebooks are fine to use but we cant use internet sources due to them not being reliable. What can I do? I want to write about either obesity in america or animal abuse. Thanks more

Open Question: Are we being slaves of the Internet ??????????????

I noticed that its like everytime i try to give up the internet. I never really can. i just keep going around in a circle. I heard a survey on the radio today that people are being slaves to twitter, myspace,facebook,etc. There are people who believe the internet/web was created to corrupt us and keep us from personal interactions and settle for fakeness and other internet douchbagery like porn, child abuse by (sex predators), and what is and what not. I know you will argue that you monitor your internet usage and time yourself but thats BULLSH* cause i know people on here wait for me to sign in and never leave till i sign off. and i do spend lots of time on here. So What do you think??? Has the internet does more harm than good ??????? more

Open Question: Scottish child abuse laws?

My best friend is 14 years old and she came in yesterday with a burst lip her mum gave her, she was really scared and her mum lashes out every few years and gives her black eyes or a bloody nose, I was wondering about the laws if there are any to protect her, I looked it up on the internet and it said that in scotland the laws are reasonable corporal punishment, what does that mean reasonable? Can any abuse be called reasonable? She asked me to help her and I want to know if I go to a social worker if they will take her mum away or let her mum found out she told, that would make her life even worse. more

Open Question: Does anyone know of a good reliable alternative to Skype?

Ok.... EGYPT mobile internet has all of a sudden blocked SKYPE on all servers. See link http://bikyamasr.com/?p=10025 this is total abuse of human rights etc....... I work online and have now lost my job because I teach English over the internet!!!!!!!!! Can anyone please suggest an alternative to Skype??????? PLEASE......... more

Resolved Question: My dad hates me... and favors my sister more...?

This is my first time asking a question on this site. I've never had a problem so bad to the point where i needed to go to the internet to find out what to do. Anyways, im a 13 year old boy. My father is a 49 year old man. My entire "Childhood" (13 years and below) my father has ALWAYS preferred my sister over me. She is a 14 year old athlete. Now let me tell you more about my father (from what my mother has told me). When he was my age, his 72 year old haded him and his 13 other sibling. He loved sports with his life, and his father thought other-wise. He would constantly abuse him and force him to work. Once, he even asked if his father even WAS his real father. The result? He chased my father out with a machete. The reason I told you about his past is so you can understand the problem even further. My sister, who is a terrible athlete (no, really.), is the "Favorite Child". She has low-grades and low standards(again, no, really.), but because she plays sports, she is loved by my father. It really is worse then it sounds. He sometimes takes me and her out to practice basketball. I remember the first time I ever scored a 3 pointer. My sister had just scored one, and i tried to make it. He said "Wow Ceci! that's amazing. Right after I scored my first 3 pointer, he said "Eddie! STOP WASTING MY TIME" and sent me away to another hoop to practice... alone. He always complains about my athletic ability. I remember once during a baseball game, i struck out, and after the game he said : "God Damn-it Eddie, You looked fucking stupid out there. You know how embarrassing it is when all the parents are going 'Who's Kid is that?". He cares more about other peoples impression of me then of what he thinks of me. Not only that, the whole reason I decided to even join sports was to impress him. I don't want him to think that im a disgrace. I don't want to live the rest of my life hating him, but i just don't know how much more i can take. Im running out of options. Im bursting out in tears just typing this. I tried confronting him before, telling him that he favors my sister over me. His reaction, a smack to the face and threatens my life. I want to enjoy the last years i have with him (Due to around 20 years of smoking)... I love him... I really am crying right now. My major in college is going to be Bio-medical Engineering, just for him... to improve artificial lung for smokers.... Maybe then he'll love me back... more

Open Question: Help have i broken the law ?

i googled the Simpsons a tv show i love unfortunately one on the links i clicked was cartoon porn - ned flanders was committing an oral perversion on lisa simpson i quickly clicked off that page and deleted my internet history have i accidentally broke the law? i know it was a cartoon but it was still depicting child abuse will i go to prison if my computer is seized more

Open Question: help have i broken the law ?

Open Question: What can I do as a rehabilitated citizen to get videos like these off the internet?

http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1219800167/Evil_Arab_Kids_Violently_Abuse_Puppy I was convicted 4 years ago of beating a dog to death with a metal pipe. more

Open Question: What should I do about the pet store NOW?

I'm in grade 6, and I have something to ask. Many heard this before. The pet store Sky Pets. I have a huge grudge against it, and I will never let go of it until it's closed. They abuse and mistreat pets, keep them in cramped conditions, feed them improper food (a turtle which eats fish, fruit, and aquatic plants being fed iceberg lettuce), never listen to customer's advice (told them how to benefit the animals' conditions and they told me to shut up. Just shows that there are many f*cking retarted @ssholes in this world), and if they see an animal being bullied they lean back and do nothing about it (sometimes they even watch it like it's a show). The pet store has continued this inhumane practice for almost a year now. If I knew all they wanted was money I would've reported them the first moment I stepped in. I was already very fired up, but now I'm EXTREMELY fired up after I discovered they neglect ENDANGERED animals, like yellow foot tortoises, fly river turtles, sulcata tortoises, just to name a few. They give horrible information as well, like a 4-5 foot fish can live in a 75 gallon. Another exapmle is that uromastyx and bearded dragons can be housed together. That one riles folks up. These people are total assholes, and right now it's holding over my head every day. I think about it while I'm at school, while I do my homework, while I sleep, while I eat, while I go to the washroom, you name it. Anyways, the pet store closed already, but that was because business was bad, so they're moving SOMEWHERE ELSE to continue this cycle of ballsh*t. So, now that they're moving, how can I track them down? Is there a way which I can track them through the internet? Do I have any hope of catching that pet store?The pet store doesn't just abuse reptiles. I just put it here because there's lots of good answerers and knowledgable I can trust.The store is also unsanitary. It has fish tanks with algae and poop, turtle/tortoise tanks with debris, rabbit cages filled with poop, bird and small animal cages (like chinchillas) filled with poop as well. Once I even saw two rabbits stuck together in a dirty cage where they could barely move. Whenever you see an abused animal, the first thing you notice is their sad eyes. It's almost like their saying "take me away from this horrible prison. Give me a new home." The pet store is so ignorant they don't even bother to check the animal's conditions. They just drop some food in, spot clean on occasion, and hardly clean the cages. Every animal is abused. Even the iguanas with large, decorated cages have improper diets and are suffering from lack of UVB (all the bulbs are just basking and heat bulbs by the way), and once I saw over 15 baby iguanas in a cage less than 60 gallons.About the advice, they're like people who sell stuff but don't know a thing or two about it. They just take a turtle, for example, and give it a plastic container, put some gravel in, and feed it shrimp and pellets. That's how they instruct a customer to take care of it. Kiss my f*cking @ss that is no sh*t way to take care of a turtle! In fact, that creature would live no longer than a few weeks, and that f*cking manager is such a d*ck that he just wants to tell the customer buncha crap and get it over with. I could hear the damn inpatience in his voice. Now you know how frustrated I am about this store. more

Open Question: Girls, do you really do this?

Okay, I've been seeing questions on here about guys getting kicked in the nuts. And girls answer saying they kick guys down there, slap them etc for such things as cheating. Do these girls realize that is abuse and illegal/sexual assault? They're lucky they're not being pressed charges against by these guys they're kicking. I mean, none of these girls would say a WOMAN deserves to be kicked in her genitals for cheating on a man, so why do girls think it's acceptable to physically hurt guys? Do girls really do this? Or is this just some immature girls playing around on the internet? Tell me specific examples of times you've kicked/slapped a guy if you ever have and why you did. more

Resolved Question: What should I put on my resume about getting fired?

I was fired from my last job a few days ago. Not sure what to put but here are some facts: *They fired me and another girl at the same time. *They didn't tell me why they were firing me (nor did I sign any papers explaining why) *When I filed for unemployment, they appealed it and said that I was fired for internet abuse, Which is absolutely not true, you can't access the internet in my department. *I was part of a team out of three out of the company that was the only one to recieve NO issues back on a project (meaning, we were exceptional at our job) How should I word that on my resume, and how can I incorporate my acheivement into it? Thanks for your help, any ideas are appreciated. more

Resolved Question: A Question On Social Boundries & A Bit More?

If you rose to the top of the social scale of people as in the who's who in your area, & everybody knows what that means right, you have the working force, business men or woman (Just To Be right), you have councillors, local mayors, senators, congressmen & all the way up to Government officials -- & of course you have us, nobody's who surf the net all day So what would you do if you climb this social scale all the way to the top & so far past the top that not even the president had authority over you, so now you climbed this social boundry thingy so far & you just want to live a normal peaceful life but you can't -- Because..... The whole point of your life was that you would never make it past the suffering Internet surfing nobody, but on the fact that you did climb all the way to the top, overcoming the insane amounts of pyshical & mental abuse it took you to get there, only to be reminded by the people who knew you & were supposed to be the people who reminded you that you were a nobody & that no one cares & it didn't matter that you made something of yourself & your life because they don't like you & that is all they will say today tomorrow & for the rest of your life... we just don't like you Kinda repetitve ain't it more

Voting Question: simple answer: whats the hardest thing you have gone thru in ur life?

i love that the internet is so anomynous for questions such as these.. haah whats the hardest thign you have delt with in ur life? alcoholic parents, drugs, abuse, sickness what? more

Resolved Question: What if we could see everyone's past and reputation and used it as a form of currency?

With the advent of the internet and social networking sites what if every one could see everyones complete life history and others opinions about them through a linked network like the internet. for example if all humans had an embedded face recognizing technology that would bring up a history and respect level for everyone you would encounter and this was used as a form of currency. so if i owned a shop and you needed a shovel you could just come in and ask for one and based on your reputation i would give you one or not. and if i needed food i would just go to a shop and ask for what i needed and be given it based on my needs. this hypothetical technology would tell you how i helped society (my job) and my life story. everything would be free according to ones needs and output back into society. with this lets assume its un-hackable and can not be abused so that everyone knows everyone like a small village. what are your thoughts? Would it work? is this beyond utopian? If there was no privacy would we all become more ethical? more

Open Question: What with more and more western females being very obsessed over Asian males this days?

There are more and more western females this days who have an obsession of love over Asian males and their number are rapidly increasing due to many reasons which this question trying to find the most likely one. An obsession because they feel no shame to show it in public, starting from making topics on internet forums asking if Asian males love western females to shamefully making live videos showing them confessing their love over Asian males. For evidences that this topic are speaking the truth, just check : - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HROQb02pLFA&fmt=18 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJHxTOP1cjs&fmt=18 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Mdx46SMhk&fmt=18 - http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080927021638AAsqIAr - http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=222165&st=0&start=0 Of course those evidences are only a small portions of it, so to see for more evidence : - Open http:///www.youtube.com then type "I love Asian guys" on the video search box, you will find many results of videos showing western females confessing how they love Asian males. For comparison type "I love western guys" on the video search box, you know how many results of videos you will find showing Asian females confessing how they love western males? You will find NONE, you may not believe it but it is for real so try it out. - Visit western based forum discussing Anime then make a survey topic such as "Do watching Anime made you want to be dated by Asian males?" or similar subject like that. - Visit Asian based forum where many westerners join it or become members of it which have a section/subforum discussing relationship, look for all the topics on that section/subforum The question is, what is the most likely reason for this reality? Is it : 1. Because of Asian males cuteness which they can't find it on western males ? 2. Because they now know the divorce rate by husband side and wife abuse crimes in Asia are far lower than in the west? 3. Because of the wide spread of Asian pop culture such as Anime & Cosplay so that they need to satisfy their love towards Anime boys which are based on Asian males facial & body form? Remember none of it made by us Asian males so we Asian males clearly not the one seeking western females attention. Anyway, those western females must face the fact that we Asian males not interested on them because we Asians males prefer our own cute adorable smart aged slower Asian females so that those western females should stop trying to get our attention and stick to their own western males. Still on topic, is this reality also the reason why millions of western females shamefully can't stop cosplaying Anime/Asian females characters even after we Asians not permitting them to do it? Such as proven by this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsW8MNSUCW4&fmt=18To Audrey The Provocative : This question never mention how the majority of western females think or do, notice the word "more and more"? Maybe you are ashamed by the truth this question shows that make you can't see and understand it.Also youtube not the only source of evidence this question mentioned.To Bree : Why don't you stop your western females from trying to seek our attention? It is more better because that why this question will never be rise. You just have an imperiority conplext to think this question trying to say Asian being superior, pathetic.And we Asian males can't help our Asian girls born cute and adorable, what matter is we marry them at the legal age. Also don't be jealous that your western females aged too fast.What with the jealous and bitter western males making a reply to this question? Do all of them being bitter that their scary big penis < our cute small Asian penis? more

Voting Question: Why do people attack others so voraciously on Y!A R&S?

What psychological principles underline the constant insults and trolling taking place on Religion and Spirituality? What role does the deindividualising nature of the internet play in abuse carried out on Y!A? How much of a problem do you see this and what solutions can be put in place? more

Voting Question: Need some advice regarding daighter she is ruining her life..?

My daughter is 24 and I don't know whats going on with her at all. Ever since she left school all shes done is ruin her chances in life she doesn't look or act 24 most people say she looks 13/14 and are shocked when she says shes 24 it doesnt help that shes petite and dresses fairly tomboyish . Her sleeping pattern has been off for years she wonders around the house listening to music and is on the internet all night and is in bed till about 2 pm, gets up goes for a jog then to the gym she does a lot of sit ups, pull ups etc in the house. She doesn't have any friends and has never had a bf she seems very self obsessed about her health etc she has a chance of starting a nursing course in 2 weeks but she is refusing to have the vaccinations that are compulsery cause she doesn't agree with them and says its her body shes not being controlled by society. When she was 19 she went through a phase of being mad at me because I didn't breatfeed her as a baby she read a load of research on it that says breastfed babies are healthier adults, I know when I tell people they think what the hell. Im just worried and have no idea what to do for her anymore Ive had years and years of it shes been to the gp countless times because of anxiety and has never had any friends. When she was in college she got rated the least attractive in the year for a facial attraction survey or something which didn't help she keeps going on about that too. My sister is a mental health nurse and says theres nothing wrong with her that its all manipulative but the question is why is like like this, all I know is Ive done my best for her. I just want her to make something of her life but shes just so timid she hasn't spoken to her dad since she was 14 and they had an argument despite living in the same house as him, he speaks to her but she never answers Im like a messanger between the two of them and im sick of it. She delberately winds me up in such immature ways standing in my way not letting me through doorways, even some stuff which could be classed as sexual abuse to get my attention. In public though she comes across as so sweet, quiet and nice she can act mature she has a job doing bank shifts on psychiatric wards and seems to enjoy it (although she mentions she has anxiety) comes homes telling stories etc but she rarely books shifts. Really though when I tell people about her they don't believe me when I tell them the things she does and says. If she has certain quirks like gets embarrased when totally normal words are said and gets obsessed over little things if she sees a fly drowning in the dogs water dish she's rescue it and make sure its ok, she goes mad when her uncle comes down shooting rats in the garden saying its no different than killing a person. She says she hates society and wants to live in the wild a natural environment, doesn't feel like shes in reality just immature stuff really. Its as though she is trying to get me to think she is mentally ill sometimes I wonder if she really is or if its all manipulative/attention seeking (as my sister says) because shes too anxious to get a life. I just wanted some advice because I don't know whats going to come of her. more

Voting Question: Need some advice regarding my daugher she is ruining her life?

Voting Question: Want some advice regarding my daughter she is messing her life up.?

My daughter is 24 and I don't know whats going on with her at all. Ever since she left school all shes done is ruin her chances in life she doesn't look or act 24 most people say she looks 13/14 and are shocked when she says shes 24 it doesnt help that shes petite and dresses fairly tomboyish . Her sleeping pattern has been off for years she wonders around the house listening to music and is on the internet all night and is in bed till about 2 pm, gets up goes for a jog then to the gym she does a lot of sit ups, pull ups etc in the house. She doesn't have any friends and has never had a bf she seems very self obsessed about her health etc she has a chance of starting a nursing course in 2 weeks but she is refusing to have the vaccinations that are compulsery cause she doesn't agree with them and says its her body shes not being controlled by society. When she was 19 she went through a phase of being mad at me because I didn't breatfeed her as a baby she read a load of research on it that says breastfed babies are healthier adults, I know when I tell people they think what the hell. Im just worried and have no idea what to do for her anymore Ive had years and years of it shes been to the gp countless times because of anxiety and has never had any friends. When she was in college she got rated the least attractive in the year for a facial attraction survey or something which didn't help she keeps going on about that too. My sister is a mental health nurse and says theres nothing wrong with her that its all manipulative but the question is why is like like this, all I know is Ive done my best for her. I just want her to make something of her life but shes just so timid she hasn't spoken to her dad since she was 14 and they had an argument despite living in the same house as him, he speaks to her but she never answers Im like a messanger between the two of them and im sick of it. She delberately winds me up in such immature ways standing in my way not letting me through doorways, even some stuff which could be classed as sexual abuse to get my attention. In public though she comes across as so sweet, quiet and nice she can act mature she has a job doing bank shifts on psychiatric wards and seems to enjoy it (although she mentions she has anxiety) comes homes telling stories etc but she rarely books shifts. Really though when I tell people about her they don't believe me when I tell them the things she does and says. She says she hates society and wants to live in the wild, doesn't feel like shes in reality just immature stuff really. Its as though she is trying to get me to think she is mentally ill sometimes I wonder if she really is or if its all manipulative/attention seeking (as my sister says) because shes too anxious to get a life. I just wanted some advice because I don't know whats going to come of her. more

Resolved Question: Need advice (Long story) please? :/?

I have kind of a long story. I don’t know where on the internet I can just write and have people voice their opinions so I chose to write this here. To help paint a picture of myself: I’m a 20 year old guy in college. I’m pretty cute (around an 8), and funny. I work with computers for my major but I’m not as nerdy as my peers as I like to party and hang out with girls. Growing up I was the sole person between life and death for troubled girls. I’ve seen them drenched in blood head to toe from slashing and bruised due to child abuse. It made me appreciate life to be able to help them; and they really needed somebody to be nice and generous with the time I devoted to the friendships. That started for me at 8 years old. Not the typical childhood. My now-adult version of this child became me researching unthought-of ways to cure cancer (which I had to discontinue due to my severe depression making me highly unmotivated). Back in high school, I wasn’t very popular or good-looking. I was probably a 4. Those things made me excited to come to college and start over and meet new people or actually have friends to hang out with on the weekend. I met some friends my Freshman year at parties through my best friend who’s a girl that I worked up my friendship with in high school. That was great and all, but then the following summer made me realize how alone I was again because back home none of my new friends lived near me so we didn’t get to visit really. This year I tried hanging out with the same people, but every time there is drama. Slowly everybody started leaving, one by one. For example, one girl stopped being our friends because she spread BS about everyone. The “leader” of our friends was really bitchy and was upset at me for having sex with my best friend from high school who thought I was using her (without actually talking to me about it.) So I lost my best friend from high school/FWB of over a year. I also lost my new friend from Freshman year because she was mad about how she thought I was playing my best friend. Then of course nobody can keep things private so the whole group is now talking about how big of a jerk I am for something I didn’t even do; and without even talking to me. For about 2 months they did this; I wasn’t invited to hang out with them anymore. Now, we sort of worked things out. I’m a low key guy and don’t cause drama so this is weird for me; they’re all mad for a private relationship of mine without even hearing my side of the story! However, they treat me like nothing’s wrong for the most part I guess. Still, I hear things like how this “badass guy” (as the girls call him; he’s really a douchey drugdealer.) in the group acts nice to me like we’re great buds then when I leave he laughs at how he lies to me and says shit about me. My best friend (girl, not FWB) of THIS year that I had been talking to, telling her things such as this message I’m writing now but I found out she repeats these things to anybody else. She also puts me on speakerphone when I call her with them... If she even answers my phone. I made out with this girl last year though but it was just a fling. She said she just wants a real relationship now so she doesn’t do that... Yet I found out she had been making out with the drugdealer guy when she was drunk even though she constantly tells me how much she hates him; he is creepy to her and even put her on some sort of hit list. She never makes out with me like she used to, even when she’s drunk like she did last year, and furthermore you don’t make out with somebody you hate. I talked to her about this and she didn’t understand why it was a big deal. Not that I really care to make out with her anymore, but by choosing him over me means she thinks he is better than me. I clearly can’t trust any of my friends; none of them can keep secrets. I lose my best friends every year (I don’t even talk to my girl from last year) so I’ve never known anybody really well for over a year. I can’t get to know anybody well either if they constantly betray my trust like this, and do things to piss me off (such as they constantly ditch me with NO warning because they “forgot” we had plans or something important came up, leaving me waiting for up to 8 hours). I have nobody to hang out with on the weekends, nobody to talk to or listen to. I try to meet new people but it’s creepy doing that as a lone-guy. I’ve told these people how serious it is and how much they mean to me and they sincrely say the same thing back to me. Then I tell them how important it is that they treat me better and they say they will but never do. I’ve even had nights where I honestly tell them I was feeling legit suicidal (I’m the funny guy; I don’t really say stuff like that ever) and how I really need somebody around to make sure I’m alright, or even to talk to and even then they brush it off like it’s no big deal. I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m getting really tired of trying to mee more

Resolved Question: Who do I complain about the improper use of prepositions to?

Its also a desire of mine to put the internet in it's place about it's confusion of "its" and "it's." i am also upset about Improper Capitalization. The apostrophes also an issue, including problems with possessive's, pluralization's, and contraction's. The abuse of punctuation; of course. Is, inexcusable disgusting horrifying and, dumbfounding but that's hard to teach especially, the comma rules? btw, teh use of txt msg abbrs. & interwebs slang suxx0rz.These ideots also can't spell. Isn't their someplace that, upon going they're, I can complain about all there grammatical errors? more

Voting Question: how can i report an internet crime being anomynous?

i saw i fight that happen in east avenue middle school and saw my friend from livermore who is the sweetest most down to earth person getting beaten by an ugly stupid pathetic chola and want to have the chola in jail and they were abusing her in school and i want that chola thing in jail for alot of years more

Resolved Question: Do you think my dad is a verbal/emotional abuser?

Well, first of all, I have to say that my dad's not always angry. His family has a history of being bipolar, but he really is a good person. I have to say that he has good morals and he's a good man considering I'm posting this on the internet and that it'll never really be erased. Anyway, on to the question details....My mom and dad fight...A LOT. He will begin to be upset over the smallest (and i mean smallest) of things. He will curse and scream (he has the most horribly loud voice)...and he'll say things like "You don't love me!" even though my mother does always try to show her love. I do know this, believe me, i've dealt with it all my life, and when you stand back and watch things, you seem to have a better understanding of what's going on than what the actual people in the situation do. Anyway, I am honestly going to say that I have never once seen my dad truley happy. He cannot deal with everyone being happy if he isn't, yet he's overly idealistic. My mom never yells back at him when he yells. He yells at me too. And curses. He's made me cry before over the stupidest things. When I was a child, i was chubby. He would always tell me to stop eating junkfood. This has caused me 'certain' health issues in my past... Another thing is that my dad drinks alcohol. He's fine the first night, but then it seems that the days after the hangover he's utterly depressed and verbally violent. He'll go off on ranting rages of horrible cuss words. There isn't one day I haven't heard him say a curse word. My mom and I think he is bipolar, and I think that they need counseling. But I know for a fact that my dad would NEVER go to counseling, or go to the doctor for bipolar issues, because he would never think such a thing about himself. I guess i would call it denial. He cannot handle anything my mom tells him, he'll be in a horrible mood for the rest of the week. I know this isn't severe, but it does hurt our feelings and I've been dealing with it all my life. Do you think this is some sort of abuse? I don't know...I've never been physically hurt, and I don't think my mom was hurt physically either, but he's made my mom cry before, and he's made me cry even more. I think it's my fault he's angry so much and so easily. I have trouble sleeping, i don't know if it has to do with this or not. But to sum aaaallllll of this up, would you call this abuse?My dad always talks to me about my mother (bad talk of course) and my mom sometimes talks to me about my dad. I know they need a counselor. Even though I want to help my parents, I am their child, and it is just simply not my job to be their counselor. It's too much stress on me, and it will cause me health issues. What do you think i ought to do? Please help me. Thank you (:Thank you all for answers. I appreciate it more than you can imagine. more

Voting Question: Is there anyway to report animal abuse in Boaz, AL?

Not too long ago, we were looking to find my dog a playmate that was the same breed as he was. Then we found someone that had a free purebred one with papers. We got her fixed despite the papers and because she was already 4 getting ready to turn 5. Anyways, when we got her, she was definitely neglected and shown signs of abuse. She had urine/feces in her hair, her teeth were atrocious, she was underweight, and on top of all that, she had the signs of a puppy mill dog. She was extremely nervous and frightened around people. If you even acted like you were going to pop her for doing something she wasn't supposed to, she'd run. We thought it was just because of the people we got her from, claiming that she's been outside for 4-6months. But here's the kicker, the people messaged us again. They told us they just 'rescued' 2 more (a male and female), and they were trying to find them new homes. They were in the same condition as the first except one had heartworms this time (we got her treated for them). The female supposedly had a miscarriage. They are alot more nervous and frightened around people though. The woman said that she wasn't going to give us the papers considering that we got the first one fixed. That to me sounded weird. Anyways, her husband/partner messed up and brought the papers. They had AKC and CKC and the ckc papers were in their name and they've had these dogs for 7-8 months. So yeah, everything that was wrong with the first one and these 2 were because of them neglecting them. And later, we were browsing through the internet and found an ad from the people. Puppies the age that the dog that 'miscarried' should be. So we used my aunt email account and messaged her about them asking to see pics of the mom and dad. She told us the colors and the mom's colors were the same as the females. However, supposedly all 8 pups died out of the litter so there was no reason for her to send us the pics anymore. Complete lies. I've tried to contact some animal precinct type places but they keep telling us that there is no animal protection in Boaz. And all we can do is call the police down there, but they probably won't do anything about it. What CAN you do in a situation like this? And I can't do this by myself. Considering that the last time we talked to them, the woman finally admitted she owned a kennel. I can't rescue a kennel and get them checked for everything and get them fixed. And I won't be able to get them new homes unless I know for a fact that they are fixed. Should I try to find a rescue shelter near me and work with them to rescue them when they put up bulletins and things trying to give them away? more

Resolved Question: Should the federal government be responsible for Americans health?

Isn't health a personal responsibility? People abuse drugs, alcohol, tobacco, practice ricky sex and other risky behavior and then expect the government to pay their bill. Should the government risk bankruptcy to relieve people of personal responsibility? Those on the left say many people cannot afford health care insurance. 1) reckless behavior like drug and alcohol abuse drives up costs 2) People can afford weed, crack, booze, tobacco, prostitutes, tattoos, body piercing, cell phones, internet, fast food and you are saying they can't afford health care. I say they chose to spend their money on other things and then demand the government pay for their health care. 3) I don't see how bankrupting the USA to pay for and to encourage irresponsible living is compassionate. more

Resolved Question: Can This Get Me In Real Trouble?

There is an internet forum that has abused me greatly and just to exact revenge, I'm going to spam in every single thread. Can this get me in trouble with the law or not? Thanks! more

Resolved Question: Out of hope and ideas, what to do?

Let's see if I can say this succinctly. I've been in such a dark place for so long and tried many things. Please don't comment if you are going to be mean. I've already had enough of that in my life. I want to die. I've been to therapy-doctors-on medicine-I exercise-sleep-try to eat healthy at least when I have control and can-try to think positive things-try to help others-pray-and reach out to others for help. As a teen I was raped and abused. As an adult I had a husband who abused me-broke my spirit and crippled me emotionally and mentally and physically (by ruining my health). I also had a boyfriend who played horrid mind games on me and lied. I've been cheated on. Most of my family has died from cancer, heart attacks, murder. I have had many really amazing friends-but... I feel I am too much of a burden for them. No matter how much they try to help, and i try to let them and I try to take their advice and I try to help myself and I try to be a good friend to them-I fail. Those who share my faith-I have alienated because I can't seem to be as good as they want me to be. Some of them have hurt me-I'm sure not intentionally-but it still hurts and at this point, I can't take anymore. I feel like I'm the reason that bad things have happened to some I care about-because I wore them out to where they couldn't help themselves or because they sacrificed something to help me only to have me let them down. I feel like I can't possibly call one more hot line, see one more doctor, try one more medicine (I am still on a lot of them), talk to one more therapist etc.... I even managed to push away the few internet friends I made. It seems like IF someone gets close to me they find out soon I'm not worth their time. I've given all I have to those I cared about and I've heard certain things so much-I believe I am the problem. I believe my friends, the family I have left, those of my faith, my God and more would be entirely better off without me to hurt them, tire them out, frustrate them, depress them and basically make so very many stupid thoughtless mistakes when I have tried so hard not to be like that. Even my God-I hate that my behavior may have caused others to think badly about him or his ways or his people. I want to stop hurting-I want to stop hurting others-and I'm out of steam for trying anymore. I can't think of anything I haven't tried so many times. Please don't lecture on my attitude about people because I never expected anyone to be perfect and gave more than I asked for-but something about me lets people hurt me over and over and they seem to think it's ok. I just wanted to love and be loved and live a happy full life with people and laughter and I have failed entirely. But what's worse...I also can't think of any sure fire way to die without risking failure. I fail at everything. I've already read as many things here I can on ones who wanted to commit suicide or were depressed and I found nothing in the ones i read that I haven't tried so many times. Please don't tell me people care-the ones who did got tired of caring and left me. I'm not trying to be selfish-I'm trying to put them before me and let them be free. I also can't take anymore. But I can't seem to take my life-and yet, I barely function. Any ideas at all? I guess I'm not really expecting any..........and sorry I didn't, couldn't keep this short.My age? I'm 37. more

Resolved Question: How do I report a false profile by someone ?

On yahoo personals Betty C. Loewen falsely represented herself as seeking love and marriage . All Betty looks for is money ! She is commiting internet fraud . I have filled a complaint to IC3 AND SHE HAS TO BE STOPPED FROM SUCH ABUSE ! Thank you , Frankie ... more

Voting Question: Has my boss breached confidentiality?

Last week I told my boss that my work colleague who sits next to me was abusing the internet. Not meaning to be a snitch,but to show that it wasnt fair that while he was playing about online, I was doing his share of the work. Yeterday, my boss pulled my colleague up and said 'someone has been complaining about you being on the internet all the time', instead of being a REAL supervisor and just saying 'there are ways we find out and we found out that you are always on the internet. Bear in mind, I am the ONLY one who can view my colleagues PC screen so if anyone snitched it's obvious it was me. My colleague then asked if I said anything, I had to act my heart out and said no. My point is, can I pull my supervisor up on what he said? Thank you more

Resolved Question: Who sings the song untouchable that plays as the background in the abused animal commercial?

there is one abused animal add on T.V. that plays the song Untouchable in the background that I preformed to in winter guard a few years back and I couldn't find the song until they used it in that commercial, but when I went to go look it up on the internet I discovered that there are a lot more popular songs with the same title. Can anyone help? more

Resolved Question: My Parent's abused my privacy?

I'm 19, I'll be 20 in September, and I just got into a ton of trouble for doing some things with my boyfriend of over a year, but not because they caught me, it was because my father set up this network thing on my laptop and then used it to snoop on me, read my aim conversations and such...so not only were my personal conversations with my close friends invaded, the things my friends confided in me were also invaded. They are talking about shutting the internet off at night now and even kicking me out of the house...They think I'm a bad seed...I'm scared but I don't know what to do...I could really use some advice please..... more

Voting Question: How can we prevent child abuse?

HI. I am doing a persuasive essay on child abuse. ( against it) and i'm trying to find out how a 13-15 year old can help! The internet is so not helpful all it talks to is grown people! So if anyone knows please, please. please tell me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ASAP! Its due Thursday! more

Resolved Question: I'm so scared of my dad, he abuses his power?

My dad's always been in charge; he could always win an arguement even with his strategies which are changing the subject, repeating something again and again or just walking off and saying 'that's the end of it. It's decided, you're not doing anything on Saturdays; it's tidying room day' he gets involved with everything and you have no idea of the amount of relief I had when, after being made redundant last Febuary, he was offered a job in Belgium. So I see him at weekends, or every second weekend. I actually usually dread him flying back over- on Friday night he's happy and hugging me, but by Sunday night he's shouting at me. When he's in the mood, he'll get at me for anything; a glove on the living room floor, or my bag where he puts his bag. He's a complete control freak. Today, I was on my laptop, putting some music on (but on the internet at the same time) and in the middle of sorting out my school stuff because I'm trying to be really organised. He comes in, says 'right. What are you doing?' I say 'I'mon the internet. But I'm--' 'Okay. Go tidy up all your junk in the house.' So I do that, and 20 minutes later I'm back in my room, on my laptop again, I put some music on (it's saved on my computer as videos), so I'm about 3 tracks through, and he bursts through the door and says 'what did I tell you? Turn. The netbook. Off.' so I argued back and said that he listened to the radio in the car, at home, in the kitchen, etc. Why couldn't I listen to music if I'm tidying my room and sorting out stuff? I argued at dinner and when I was ending up my arguement, he burst out laughing, which is another one of his argueing strategies. So Ipushed him away and barricaded myself in my room with duvets and clothes. Please don't say I'm overreacting, because I'm terrified of him now, I wouldn't even let my mum in, and I love her, but I was scared that she would let dad in. My dad was shouting at me (and I was shouting back) and now they're making me move the stuff but I dread the thought of going near him, help please? more

Voting Question: Would you agree to getting rid of these government programs?

Personal Income Tax Division of the IRS National Endowment for the Arts National Wild Horse and Burro Program (HUH?) Dept. of Education Dept of Energy FEMA (a corrupt organization if there ever was one--leave it to charities) FDIC (a sham program with only a fraction of funds needed to save banks) Freddy Mac & Fannie Mae (helped cause present economic conditions) Administration on Aging (AoA) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) Administration for Native Americans (ANA) Children's Bureau (CB) Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) Head Start Bureau (HSB) Healthy Marriage Initiative (HMI) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) Office of Community Services Block Grant (OCS) Office of Family Assistance (OFA) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Indian Health Service (IHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Office of Minority Health (OMH) Program Support Center (PSC) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin.(SAMHSA) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI) Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB) Employment Standards Administration (ESA) The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) Women's Bureau (WB) Job Corps Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Internet Access and Training Program Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Bureau of Human Resources Bureau of Information Resource Management Bureau of Intelligence and Research Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Bureau of International Organization Affairs Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau of Legislative Affairs Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Bureau of Public Affairs Bureau of Resource Management Bureau of South Asian Affairs Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Counterterrorism Office (which produces the Patterns of Global Terrorism report) National Foreign Affairs Training Center (former Foreign Service Institute) Office of International Information Programs Office of the Legal Adviser Office of Management Policy Office of Protocol Office of the Science and Technology Adviser Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Office of War Crimes Issues (They blew the Bush war crimes) Car Allowance Rebate System (Cash for Clunkers) Cash for Appliances Program Bureau of the Public Debt Community Development Financial Institution Fund (CDFI) FHA HUD SOCIAL SECURITY INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Of the U.S. GOVERNMENT; National health and insurance system African Development Foundation Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Agency for International Development (USAID) American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (EVIL WAR-MONGERS) US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Export-Import Bank of the United States (ExIm) Farm Credit Administration (FCA) Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Federal Election Commission (FEC) Federal Maritime Commission Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) Federal Reserve System (a pseudo government, semi-private organization) Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States (FCSC) General Services Administration (GSA) Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Inter-American Foundation (IAF) International Trade Commission (ITC) Learn and Serve America (LSA) National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) National Ice Center (NIC) National Labor Relati more

Resolved Question: Child Neglect case study - Please help!!?

Hi Everybody, I am seriously stressing trying to find a case study on child neglect. I am currently studying child protection and work in a nursery but have never had to deal with a case of abuse. I have searched all over the internet and cannot find any, I really cannot think straight I'm sure its really simple to make one up but do not know where to start!! If anyone could help me that would be fantastic. Thanks in advance! more

Resolved Question: I think i'm insane...?

Seriously... Ok well I think I have OCD because I have repetitive thoughts a lot and i HAVE to do everything a certain number of times before it "feels right" because if I don't do it, then I will have "bad luck". I also get really obsessed about people (like certain celebrities) and go through phases where I pretend to talk to them and look them up on the internet loads. I talk to myself a lot, as if there is a pretend audience about, or the audience is the person or people that i am obsessed with- and I do it without thinking and can't stop myself. I have never self harmed or had anorexia but I'm always thinking that people are watching me, so I always get really self conscious even when no ones there and I think that people are plotting against me and something really bad is going to happen if I don't do things "that certain number of times". When I was younger, I used to shut thoughts away from Mum and Dad because I swore that they could hear them. Sometimes I get really bad thoughts that I really don't want to think of and find them really distressing- like killing someone, and this is something i'd NEVER do. By the way,I did substance abuse for a short period last year, which I regret-maybe this could have made it worse?? What do you think? more

Resolved Question: How do you act when seeing old friends again?

I'll be seeing some of my old acquaintances again (don't really count people as friends unless I know a lot about them and they know a lot about me), I haven't seen them in about 2 or so years. I knew them for some 3 or 4 years before I lost touch, but in those years I was going through life really hard, having bad problems at home with abuse, mental disorders, etc. I got back in touch with a few via internet but it seems apparent they think I'm still the same insecure, troubled girl, but in current time I've started taking action in my life, sorted things out, and am being put on the road to recovery with some therapy. I've really changed dramatically since getting involved with horses, dogs, therapy, suicide help. How am I supposed to act? more

Voting Question: Can any one help me please?

I live in Framingham, Massachusetts, I recently lost my job, I have no criminal record, and no drug or alcohol abuse issues. I just need a couch to crash on for a few weeks so that I'm not out in the cold. I'm reaching out to any one who would be generous to help me. I've tried shelters and government assistance. But I've been told that because I'm not a drug addict or a felon, or a mother with children, that I am not as important as other homeless people and I was denied. I've tried churches, the salvation army, and everything. Please I'm begging any one that can help me, do so. As to how I have internet, I did not sell my lap top because I'm trying to get a job every day I can. So please no condescending responses or comments. I'm truly reaching out for any help that is possible. more

Voting Question: Why use age of consent and anti child porn laws to abuse those they were meant to protect?

Why use age of consent and anti child porn laws to abuse those they were meant to protect? The original age of consent laws were ONLY meant to stop to things ARRANGED MARRIAGES FOR the PARENTS BENEFIT As girls were married off to richer families or part of political (ie princess) or business deals Whig is what all the no sex before marriage virginity nonsense was about ie people did not want their new paid for product to have been used as cared nothing for the girl. And to put a lid on child prostitution. THESE LAWS WERE NEVER MEANT TO PROSECUTED TEENS DATING TEENS OR HAPPY COUPLES BETWEEN A LATE TEEN AND SOMEONE IN EARLY 20S. As these are happy couples no force or abuse. Likewise the Anti child porn laws ie Megan's law were written before the internet and phone s advanced to make sexting practical. These laws were intended to prevent FORCED ABUSE WHERE THE YOUNGER ONE HAD NO SAY AND COULD NOT STP THINGS HAPPENING TO THEM THEY WERE NOT READY FOR. Again even the Megan Mum said they were never intended to be used to arrestteenagerss for flirty sexy photo sending asthat'ss part of falling in love. If those involved are happy for it to occur there is no crime as no abuse. So when they is nobody stopping thecorruptionn of the Original Spirit of these rules and laws to abuse and ruin lives of those they were meant to protect from abuse and harm? As surely this makes the police, prosecution, the judges paedophiles and abusers as they are the only ones forcing unwanted Sexual activity and violence forcing teens into jail cells wirapistssts and thugs. Nobody else the boy or girlfriends are not . The sexter and those say aged 19 and 15 are not doing anything their partner does not want so where is the problem and these laws meant to protect to hurt kids instead. Doing stuff earlier then you shushould a minor problem having people arrested, jailed, raped and battered and destroying education, career and social development is what harms the most. Surely only muggers, rapists, abusers, thugs should be in prision not those who siprisonll in love. And why dont the victims the young couple's friends not storm police stations or principles offices for attacking a couple to wipe out all who are there and free their friends from the evil kiddie abuser authourities making an an example such abusers to prevent more abuse happening? .********************* can the next poster be more inteligent then the first 3 and read it properly that way you understand it its saying why are laws meant to protect teens from harm used to harm them when they have not hurt anyone. Ie the anti child porn laws were meant to stup fully mature adults from raping kids in videos or setting them up for it . They were not meant to prosecut teengers for sending sexy photos so the receiver would want to make out. Likewise the age of concent laws where meant to stop arranged marriages and child prostituion so why use them to arrest teen couples for statutory rape? its defeating the purpose******************* Quote My best guess is that teens get in trouble for that encase a child pornist gets a hold of the picture. No they usually don't Its a case of just as those in the photo are under whatever age of concent or being in nude photos its considered child po**whihc implies those taking the photo had malcious intent. But where is the intent when the one taking the photo was the person in the photo so they cant vcitimise themself and certainly not abusing themselves any more then somne looking in the mirror undressed and nobody is being abused when they want their partner to see them that way and want their partner to act by getting touchy and kissy and having sexaul thoughts about them as happy to be with them and doing making love activities or more lilely just making out as not ready. As said there is no logic as no victim in either case********************** So Cool I am pointing out there is a difference between somone videoing naked kids and people doing sexsul things to them. And those couples taking naked of underwear shots of themselves to send to their loved ones as a treat and keep them interested into wanting to make out as a form of flirting************ Hailey quote well, i for one, think you are using too many big words. quit polluting our section with your dumbass questions. Well clearly the question is not dumb if using big complex words those of your intellect are not smart enugh to understand. But those posting nonsense like cant be bothered to read are. One poster got it so why not the rest of you? You just need to read it properly and think more

Resolved Question: What's wrong with me? How can I go back to normal?

two and a half years ago I escaped an abusive home life and went to a boarding school where I was further abused (but only once) by a crazy guy who was obsessed with me. That seriously scarred me. He was two years older and always stalking me and telling me how we'd be together one day and how one day I'd love him back. then when I got a boyfriend, he punched me in the face, kicked me in the stomach and called me a whore. He got expelled, and my boyfriend ended up pressuring me into giving him everything, from my first kiss to my virginity. He was 17 and a junior. I felt so dirty and horrible after I'd had sex with him, it was nothing like how I imagined it would be. I stayed with him, though. I thought I loved him. I let him violate my body for months until I found out he was cheating on me and I finally broke up with him. I became really depressed and angry. I lost a lot of friends, mostly guys, and I'm a truly unhappy person. I'm so angry and hateful to men. My father was a druggie and kidnapped me when my mom got full custody, (luckly it was only for a few weeks) my mom's 1st boyfriend who lived with us used to touch me and make me touch him when I was little. Then, when I was older, her 2nd boyfriend to live with us used to hit me and yell at me. Then there was my freshman year experience. And the fight I got in with this guy who I HATED last year. He was bothering me so much and I got really angry and smacked him. So he smacked me back. Then we literally got into a fight. A 115 lb girl against a 170 lb bulky guy. I'm really angry and violant at times and really guarded, against guys and girls. I stopped wearing my bright, tight clothes and started wearing darker colors and big hoodies and jackets. But I never used to be like that. For some reason, out of everything, Michael and Jason really f*cked me up. And I'm getting more and more depressed and angry and have a horribly low self esteem. I get into trouble all the time and my mom's sending me to military school next year. But I don't really give a sh!t about military school, I'm sued to her sending me off to various schools. I just want to go back to how i used to be. No one knows even HALF of what I'm posting on the f*cking internet...I tried school counseling once... but I couldn't open up. I can't open up to people. Plus, my mom would never let me. Even though she knows how depressed and angry I am and that I cut myself, badly, she ignores it and won't let me go. more

Resolved Question: When to give up miniature dachshund puppies?

Well, after all the naysayers on yahoo questions told me how horrible I was to let my dog have her puppies, I'm happy to inform you that she had 4 healthy puppies, naturally, with proper vet care and owner care. She will be spayed now (this wasn't planned). I have good homes for all of them, not selling them, just found people I trust to take care of a dog properly. My question is...I know the standard is 8 weeks for "giving them up." But I also read that you can start mixing puppy food and puppy milk into a liquid and start the weaning process at 3 1/2 weeks (if they're receptive). Is it okay to give them to GOOD homes of major dachshund lovers at 6 weeks (after their checkup), or should I hold out for the 8 weeks. That is my question. Anyone who starts ripping me with their PETA freak answers will reported as abuse, as you're not answering my question, you're being a coward hiding behind the internet screen saying things you would never have the nerve to say to my face. Yes, you people are cowards, so don't bother if you don't have a reasonable answer. Take your hatred elsewhere.yeah, yeah...four dogs died because of me. whatever. Gonna wait for the 10-12 weeks for behavior and taking great care of them with vet supervision. My dog is an excellent mother and I miss her tremendously (because she's all about the puppies). I would never have put her through this purposefully, and yes, I regret being "ignorant," about her heat cycle lasting longer than 15 days (she wasn't swollen), but I'm thankful that it has worked out for the good and I appreciate the lectures from caring people, people can kiss my butt with their hate, and thank for the 12 week and behavioral information. It is greatly appreciated.The only reason I was defensive to begin with is because you cannot ask any pet questions without getting ripped on. I just wanted the rippers to move on to someone else and give me an honest answer with no bull. I've heard it the first time I posted a question about my dog. So I apologize for being defensive, but I really don't want to hear the crap. I've heard it and I'm spaying my dog after this. I love her too much to put her through something that will be heartwrenching for her (giving her babies away), and has been difficult period for her. Just be happy for me that she's healthy, the pups are healthy, the birthing went well, and that I'm taking excellent care of them. The only reason I asked about weaning is because I want TO DO THE RIGHT THING. Not "sell them illegally" (not selling) or do something to harm them. So yes, I apologize sincerely for the defensiveness. And yes..once again...she is getting spayed after this. I know that will make you all very happy. more

Voting Question: Is my boyfriend abusing me?

I have been dating a guy for fifteen months. We moved in together in January and agreed to split the cost for common expenses (rent, utilities, and internet service). In February, my boyfriend announced that he could not pay his half of the expenses because he had used the money to pay old debts that had nothing to do with me. I ended up paying the entire amount to keep a roof over our heads, but this left me almost broke. He had agreed to cover the rest of the expenses for the month in exchange for this, but he paid almost nothing all month, and I ended up spending the rest of my money and borrowing more to make ends meet. In March he announced that he had spent his money again to pay other debts, so he could not cover his half of the Internet bill. I agreed to pay that. What he failed to tell me is that he had not been paying his half of the bill for the last two months . Yesterday, our service was canceled. The bill was way more than I had expected to pay, and frankly, I could not afford it. I told him so, and he flew into a rage, cursing me out, calling me names, and throwing his jacket around the room in a tantrum. At some points I felt threatened by his behavior because it was all directed at me, as if I am to blame for his failure to pay his half of the bill. Finally, I agreed to pay it even though it would put me further behind financially, but then he refused to let me pay it because I dared to confront him (again) about his repeated failure to pay his half of the expenses and his expectation that I cover them instead. He went out and borrowed money to pay the bill, then insulted me a few more times for "making him get even further into debt." He has not been speaking to me at all for the last 24 hours. On top of all this, I am suffering from some serious health problems that need medical treatment. I cannot afford to pay for my medical treatment when he fails to pay his half of the expenses. I have told him this, but he always responds by sneering at my health condition, belittling me for being unable to work, and otherwise hurting my feelings. A few days ago, I collapsed in the kitchen when my heart went into an irregular beat called atrial fibrillation. I was unconscious for a few minutes. When I woke up, I realized that it was my heart because it has happened before. I told my boyfriend to call an ambulance and he balked at my request. "There is nothing wrong with you!" he retorted. "I checked your pulse and you're fine!" I told him that my heart was not beating right, that I could feel my chest burning inside, and that I needed help or I could die. He continued to refuse to call one while I lay on the floor. A friend happened to come over at that moment, and my boyfriend called an ambulance only because my friend told him to do it because I looked so pale. Sure enough, it was my heart. I had to go to the hospital for treatment, but my boyfriend refused to come with me to the hospital. I ended up hitching a ride home when I was released because I had no money for a cab and my boyfriend claimed that he had no money to pay for one, either. My boyfriend seemed so nice before I moved in with him, but now he is acting like a totally different person. He wants all of my money and then some, he makes fun of me for not being able to work, and he hurls insults and contempt at me when I tell him that I have lupus and cannot work because of how sick I get when it flares up. I feel afraid around him now, like he is going to start hitting me if I do not fork over all of my money and act like nothing is wrong with that. I have to buy medical insurance with what little money I get from disability, yet he only sneers at me when I tell him that. "I would take care of you!" he says. "You just don't trust me. You're paranoid!" But how could I trust him to help me when he is acting this way? I am so confused. I cannot sleep and this stress is making me even sicker. He knows that I will get sick if I do not rest enough, yet he blares the stereo at full volume whenever I am in bed. Is this domestic abuse? Or am I wrong not to hand him all of my money "until he is caught up" and then trust him to take care of things? What should I do?Thank you all for your advice. I am going to start making plans to get out of here. I absolutely will not stay in this situation now that I know for sure that this is domestic abuse. Thank you again! more

Voting Question: research paper about cyber love?

hello, I am writing a research paper about cyber love, my thesis is "the internet offers opportunities for some dangerous as well as real romantic relationships" I just finished two note pages: 1: how internet dating is useful to find a partner 2: how children and youths cuold be abused I need at least 10 note pages, but I dont know wha else to look for, I need more ideas based on my thesis or what are some questions that you have about cyber love and its risks? I need help :( also, could I interview someone that has experienced cyber love? I mean, Could I include an interview in my research? more