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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
April 1999
Problems Associated with Children's Witnessing of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
Discusses children's problems associated with exposure and factors that influence the degree of those problems. The author offers a critique of the research methods used to study child witnessing and explores policy implications of the data on this issue.
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- General Material
January 1999
Whose Kids? Our Kids! Teens, Sex, and Sexual Victimization
Publisher(s):This document highlights the importance of parental monitoring to protect their children from become victims of sexual abuse. It provides guidance to parents to effectively monitor their children's activities, whereabouts, and companions without being overly intrusive.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
August 1998
Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases: Legal Trends, Research Findings, and Recommendations
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document highlights some of the legal and cultural trends surrounding custody and visitation decisions and identifies a strong need to consider more carefully the dynamics of domestic violence in these decisions.
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- General Material
July 1997
Parental Influence on Children's Socialization to Gender Roles
Publisher(s):This article describes how the strongest influence on gender role development occurs within the family setting, suggesting that an androgynous gender role orientation may be more beneficial to children than teaching adaptation to binary gender roles.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 1997
The New Welfare Law: Child Support Enforcement
Publisher(s):Provides a brief overview of family violence issues in the context of child support enforcement and the establishment of paternity, including the identification of key issues for states and Indian Tribes.
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- General Material
Your Kids Make Memories Everyday
Publisher(s):This poster informs the perpetrators of domestic violence about the negative effects of domestic violence on children and encourages the perpetrators to stop abuse.
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- General Material
50 Messages 50 Faces
Publisher(s):Promotores from the Entre Amigos group starred in the bilingual video "50 Messages 50 Faces" as part of their on-going campaign to challenge social norms that perpetuate violence against women.
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- General Material
Building Healthy Relationships with Media: A Parent’s Guide to Media Literacy
Publisher(s):The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and their partner Trend Micro created a parent’s guide to assist families in starting media literacy conversations at home.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
A Parent's Handbook: How to Talk to Your Children About Developing Healthy Relationships
Publisher(s):Designed for parents of pre-teens, this booklet was developed as a tool to help parents lay the foundation for healthy decision-making patterns and relationships. Includes tips for "starting the dialogue," interactive quiz, and additional resources.
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Children and Media: Stereotypes
Publisher(s):This article suggests seven ways to fight stereotypes often portrayed in the media.
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- General Material
Be SMART on the Internet
Publisher(s):A poster for parents to print out for their children to use as a mat/poster in front of the computer to remember the 5 SMART rules when using the internet and mobile phones.
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- General Material
What is the Child Tax Credit (CTC)?
Publisher(s): Raising children is expensive—recent reports show that the cost of raising a child is over $200,000 throughout the child’s lifetime. The Child Tax Credit (CTC) can give taxpayers back money at tax time to help with those costs. This page outlines key provisions of the CTC.