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Janet Heimlich received a B.A. in Communications from Stanford University in 1984 after which she began a career of producing and writing corporate and commercial film and video presentations in California. In 1996, she moved to Austin and turned her interests toward journalism. For eight years, Ms. Heimlich freelanced as a reporter for National Public Radio and other national radio networks. Working for NPR, she earned a reputation for exposing injustices in the death penalty and prison systems and won nine journalism awards, including the prestigious Katie, given by the Press Club of Dallas; the Houston Press Clubs Radio Journalist of the Year; and the Texas Bar Associations Gavel Award. In addition to her radio work, Ms. Heimlich has wri...more


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Nina Koistinen


By now you’ve probably heard about the case of Nina Koistinen. She’s the 36-year-old mother from Phoenix who has been charged with first-degree murder after she confessed to suffocating her newborn baby, Maya. Koistinen reportedly told authorities that she killed Maya six days after giving birth to her, because she “had too many kids already” and was jealous of the attention her...

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Average rating: 4.14 · 28 ratings · 7 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
Breaking Their Will: Sheddi...
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“Religion can bring great comfort to children.
It can also turn their lives into a living hell.”
Janet Heimlich, Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment

“Some people do not want to examine religious influences of child maltreatment. However, if we fail to look at all influences and risk factors, then we are allowing some forms of abuse to continue and, therefore, are guilty of maltreatment ourselves.”
Janet Heimlich

“Religious institutions have spent too much time and money protecting the institution from its people instead of protecting the people from their institution. What is needed is for them to take up the task of protecting their people, even when that means admitting they have failed them.”
― Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune

“Some people do not want to examine religious influences of child maltreatment. However, if we fail to look at all influences and risk factors, then we are allowing some forms of abuse to continue and, therefore, are guilty of maltreatment ourselves.”
Janet Heimlich

“Love for children is the enormous untapped power that can wake us up to the profound changes we need to make if we’re to have a future worth living.”
Raffi Cavoukian

“Just because something has been done repeatedly doesn't make it moral or ethical.”
― Lloyd Schofield




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