Recent News and Opinion Coverage

See past coverage of National Children’s Alliance, Children’s Advocacy Centers, and NCA CEO Teresa Huizar.

• Fox News, January 3, 2024, Congress must stop a new AI tool used to exploit children
• South Florida Sun-Sentinel, January 1, 2024, Now that your kids have lodaded up on holiday gifts, talk to them about online safety
• Newsweek, December 6, 2023, To keep kids safe, the internet needs a bouncer at the door
• Christian Post, August 9, 2023, Here’s how religious institutions can prevent child abuse
• Philadelphia Inquirer, July 25, 2023, To improve teens’ mental health, we must address child sexual abuse
• Salon, April 9, 2023, We’re misunderstanding how child abuse happens — and that has deadly consequences for kids
• USA Today, March 10, 2023, Child sex abuse content is exploding online. We’re losing the fight against it.
• Deseret News, December 27, 2022, The holidays can increase the risk of child sexual abuse. Here are the warning signs.
• Fortune, February 10, 2022, Here’s how we can all really save the children from abuse
• Houston Chronicle, November 1, 2022, How the abandoned brothers in deadly Houston case ‘fell through every crack’ caused by COVID
• The Hill, September 13, 2020, COVID-19 has kept abused kids from the help they need — Congress can help
• Washington Post, August 19, 2020, The centers helping child abuse victims have seen 40,000 fewer kids amid the pandemic
• MarketWatch, May 7, 2020, How the stress and isolation of coronavirus could create ‘a perfect storm’ for child abuse and neglect—and what you can do to help
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 7, 2020, “No one is there to point it out’: Experts say more child abuse is likely happening — but with kids at home, it’s not being reported
• Augusta Free Press, July 4, 2019, Spanberger, Meadows END Network Abuse Act cracks down on child porn
• Vice News, May 3, 2019, The Mormon Church has been accused of using a victims’ hotline to hide claims of sexual abuse,
• Deseret News, March 28, 2019, “Inside the story of how one Utah Orthodox rabbi’s decision to talk about sex abuse is bringing change to the world”
• Columbus Dispatch, March 9, 2019, “Victims of abusive priests won’t likely see justice, experts say”
• Buzzfeed, February 6, 2019, “A Judge Called A 13-Year-Old Victim The “Aggressor” In A Sex Solicitation Case With A 67-Year-Old Man”
• CNN, August 24, 2018, “Under cover of goodness: How pillars of the community can prey on kids“
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 20, 2018, “When Institutions Treat Scandals as PR Risks, Victims Suffer Most“
• The Washington Post, July 31, 2018, “The Damage Caused by Protecting Institutions Instead of Individuals“
• The Huffington Post, February 26, 2017, “The Conversation We Need to Have about Milo, Child Sexual Abuse, and the Myth of Consent“
• Staunton (Va.) News Leader, April 26, 2016, “Prey”
• NPR’s On Point, June 3, 2015: “Secrets And Realities Of US Child Sex Abuse”
• The Huffington Post, August 28, 2015: “When Child Sexual Abuse Is in the Public Eye, Don’t Lose Sight of the Children”
• NBC News, June 4, 2015: “Did Duggars Do the Right Thing When Son Confessed to Sex Abuse?”
• The Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2012: “Delicate Questions of Abuse”
• USA Today, November 4, 2015: “Adrian Peterson Could Help Other Parents Learn”
• Sports Illustrated, July 2, 2012: “Light from the Darkness”