All I Really Need to Know I Learned ... From A Truck Driver. People Lessons Learned on 18 Wheels.
While I have a battering intervention curriculum at Relationship Risk Solutions for the men in Beginning Conversations, there are life...
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RELATIONSHIP RISK SOLUTIONS
ASSESSING AND AMELIORATING RISKS IN INTIMATE PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILIES
Juanita Jones
- Jul 17
How Much Do Words Matter? Batterer, Bully, Abuser?
Perhaps, we in the field of domestic violence have failed victims and survivors by how we talk about what happens when a woman lives with...
Juanita Jones
- Jun 18
Why Do So Many Men Abuse Women?
Years ago, a few of us in our community were speaking to various groups to raise money for what was to become a center to treat victims...
Juanita Jones
- May 4
Mother’s Day - And How We Know We're Civilized
I’m about to present a new idea to my domestic abuse intervention group – a different and probably unconventional reason to honor and...
Juanita Jones
- Apr 2
"I was just joking ..."
April Fool’s Day has come and gone. But I wonder how many people used the traditional day to abuse a partner. Just like “brutal honesty”...
Juanita Jones
- Mar 8
What does the Ides of March have to do with Domestic Violence Intervention?
In addition to the usual curriculum in my domestic abuse intervention group, and to accommodate different learning styles, I bring in...
Juanita Jones
- Jan 30
Groundhog Day 2024
It’s Groundhog Day… Groundhog day… groundhog day,,, groun.….. Do you think they wonder why we keep doing the same thing over, and over,...
Juanita Jones
- Jan 3
Why men shouldn’t resolve to help around the house in the new year
It’s that time of year for us to go through the motions of the perennial New Year’s resolutions. This year will be different, I tell my...
Juanita Jones
- Dec 22, 2023
♫ All I want for ♫ Christmas is… ♫
Forty years ago, my sons were young, bright, modest, and uncharacteristically wise beyond their years. When anyone asked what they wanted...
Juanita Jones
- Nov 4, 2023
Why Thanksgiving is Important in a Battering Intervention Program
I’ve just thanked the men for not showing up with their scary faces for Halloween, and now it’s November. Besides our curriculum topics,...
Juanita Jones
- Oct 2, 2023
Save the Tatas! From Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. (BCAM) Wanting more information, I went online, and the first result in a Bing search for BCAM...
Juanita Jones
- Sep 11, 2023
Labor Day – What’s Gender got to do with It?
Labor Day -- our traditional end of vacation season -- got me thinking about getting back to work and what sort of work we're all getting...
Juanita Jones
- Aug 4, 2023
It Takes Two to Tango
At Relationship Risk Solutions, men who have been referred by court to battering intervention meet in Beginning Conversations groups and...
Juanita Jones
- Jul 4, 2023
Compromise Sucks
Compromise sucks. Many people will tell you, you’ve got to compromise; it’s a win-win. However, if we’re honest, it doesn’t feel like a...
Juanita Jones
- Jul 4, 2023
Re-thinking Father’s Day
As a cultural value, we all love our mothers and our fathers. A celebration of mothers has existed in some way since ancient Greek times,...
Juanita Jones
- Jul 4, 2023
But What About Toxic Femininity?
We hear a lot about toxic masculinity these days. On TV, in magazines and blogs, in counseling and in conversation. “But what about...
Juanita Jones
- Jul 4, 2023
The Myth About Sharing Power
It’s finally spring! The weather is warm. The flowers are blooming. I’m in a park watching children on the playgrounds. I don’t have to...
Juanita Jones
- Jul 4, 2023
It’s not anger management, it’s memory management
Have you ever tried to flea-dip a cat in a bucket of water? That’s how many men come into battering intervention programs. They come in...
Juanita Jones
- Jul 4, 2023
Women's Use of Force In Relationships And Interventions To Help Mitigate Risk
Although women do use violence against intimate partners, the ways in which they use violence, and the context in which this use occurs,...
Juanita Jones
- Jul 4, 2023
Valentine's Day
Happy VD. Valentine’s Day, of course. Now, what to gift for Valentine’s Day? A quick internet search lists chocolate or other sweets,...
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