Sexual Abuse
Life Patterns That Increase Protection Against Child Sexual Abuse
Child safety hinges on relationships, routines, and accountability layers—not impassioned slogans or single-policy adjustments.
Jacob Z. Hess
March 6, 2026
Child safety hinges on relationships, routines, and accountability layers—not impassioned slogans or single-policy adjustments.
What the evidence says about porn exposure, delinquent peers, and impulsivity as repeated predictors of child victimization?
Beyond offenders, research points to enabling conditions that make abuse easier to commit and hide.
The Epstein files provide a stress test for decades of anti-Mormon conspiracy theories. What can believers and critics alike take from the lack of damning church revelations?
Are Surviving Mormonism’s stories typical? Comparative data show rare failures in an institution ahead on reform.
How can victims of sexual trauma find healing and recovery? The answer lies in the transformative power of mindfulness and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Pornography is toxic to relational and sexual health. Recovering from the relational health crisis of pornography involves forsaking pornography and its toxic scripts, regaining and deepening our intimate empathy, and learning and committing to safely hold one another.
Are Latter-day Saints more prone to child abuse? Research reveals that the community has significantly lower abuse rates due to effective protective measures.
What causes lower abuse rates among Latter-day Saints? Geographic organization, focus on family, and female involvement create a safer environment.
Are Latter-day Saints more likely to abuse kids? Through statistical analysis of the BSA abuse case, we have our first data-supported answer to the question.
Netflix’s Money Shot: The PornHub Story delves into the world’s most popular porn site. But is it truly a balanced view, or does it ignore the voices of those most harmed by pornography?
Sexual abuse kept happening to me because it’s incredibly hard to notice the signs.