The cycle of abuse has four stages, each with specific behaviors that occur when abusers control their victims through fear and manipulation. This cycle defines abusive intimate relationships, helping ...

Throughout her childhood, Emily was often caught in the middle of her two mothers’ dysfunctional and abusive relationship. After their separation, her biological mother, Lisa, frequently expressed ...

Investigation Discovery will release "Ruby and Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence" on Sept. 1. The four-part docuseries will dive into the "motivations" that sparked therapist Hildebrandt to influence ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the largest sex abuse settlement in U.S. history on Tuesday, agreeing to pay $4 billion to victims abused as children in county-run ...

From remotely-controlled smart cars to menacing Netflix messages, tech-facilitated abuse is keeping up with the times. After Gioia had her first child with her then husband, he installed baby monitors ...

Two former employees at Nurturing Nook day care in Fox Point have been charged with several child abuse felonies after prosecutors say their abuse of young children was widespread and captured on ...

Dear Annie: My mom and I read your column every day, and we always find your advice thoughtful and compassionate. Lately, I've been thinking about something I witnessed years ago while working in a ...

SEATTLE — Thirty-six survivors have filed a lawsuit against King County, alleging systemic sexual abuse of children at juvenile detention facilities spanning from the late 1960s through the early ...

Many survivors of family abuse feel deep relief now that Mother's Day and Father's Day have passed because those occasions are painful reminders of how far short our parents fell from the ideals our ...