Testimony on the topic of child abuse prevention and treatment is presented in this document. After an opening statement by Representative Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, testimony and supplemental materials by these persons are included: (1) Marilyn Van Derbur, motivational lecturer, Denver, Colorado; (2) Barry Bennett, program manager, innovative treatment programs, division of adult, child, and family services, Iowa Department of Human Resources, Des Moines, Iowa; (3) Cresson Carrasco, parent-infant psychotherapist, community infant project, Mental Health Center of Boulder County, Boulder, Colorado; (4) David Espinoza, executive director, La Causa Day Care Center, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin; (5) Wade Horn, commissioner, Administrator for Children, Youth, and Families, U.S. Department of Human Services, accompanied by David Lloyd, director, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, District of Columbia; (6) Richard D. Krugman, chairperson, U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, Denver, Colorado; (7) Nora (J. Baladerian, licensed psychologist, chair, State Task Force on Disability, director, Disability Project of SPECTRUM Institute; (8) George Batsche, National Association of School Psychologists, Silver Spring, Maryland; (9) David Lloyd, director, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, District of Columbia; (10) Belva Morrison, director, Indian Child Welfare Program/DIHFS, Denver, Colorado; (11) Steven J. Murphy, director, Hillsdale County, Michigan Department of Social Services; (12) New Beginnings, Integrated Services for Children and Families, San Diego, California; and (13) Milan Rewerts, interim director, Colorado State University cooperative extension child abuse prevention programs. Additional materials, including a statistical fact sheet on child abuse, from Representative Schroeder are included. (LLL)

The House of Representatives Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families was created to provide an ongoing assessment of the conditions of American children and families and to make policy recommendations to Congress and the public. This report on the committee's 1991 activities includes summaries of 11 hearings, a list of witnesses and people who submitted testimony, highlights of legislation affecting children and families, and factsheets. The hearings focused on the following concerns: (1) reclaiming the tax code for American families; (2) generating innovative strategies for healthy infants and children; (3) community-based mental health services for children; (4) police stress and family well-being; (5) creation of a family-friendly workplace for fathers; (6) ways to help teenagers stay safe; (7) effects of noise on hearing loss in children and youth; (8) child abuse treatment and prevention in the 1990s; (9) National Children's Day; (10) comments of the Surgeon General on the prevention of underage drinking; and (11) automotive safety for American families. Most of the hearing summaries are followed by statistical factsheets, and minority position factsheets on health strategies for infants and children, police stress, and working fathers are provided. (AC)

This anthology offers a multicultural, international look at the issues of environment, development, and population control. Feminist scholars and activists reveal the racism behind the scapegoating of women, the poor and immigrants as the source of major world problems, and present realistic solutions that rely on the ingenuity and resourcefulness of women.

Charts the effort to use state regulation to guarantee health and security for America's children.

What happens when enemies work to advance similar goals? Who wins, who loses, and why? In Frenemies, Nancy Whittier addresses this question through a study of feminist and conservative opposition to pornography, campaigns against child sexual abuse, and engagement on the Violence Against Women Act. Drawing on extensive research, Whittier shows how feminist and conservative activists interacted with each other and with the federal government, how their interaction affected them, and what each side achieved. Whittier re-conceptualizes relationships between social movements, presenting a model of how "frenemies"--groups that are neither allies nor opponents--work toward related goals. She outlines the dynamics and paths of frenemy relationships, describing the unintended consequences for the groups involved and for their respective movements at large. With high levels of political polarization across the U.S., Frenemies provides a crucial look at both the promise and the risk of cooperation across political differences.