In this episode, Lori is joined by Stacie LeBlanc, JD, MEd. Stacie is CEO and co-founder of The UP Institute, a think tank for upstream child abuse solutions and the executive director of UP for Champions, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) providing programs and services to child maltreatment professionals.
Stacie began her career as a child abuse prosecutor more than 25 years ago. She opened Child Advocacy Centers in rural and urban parishes in Louisiana, became the chief of the Felony Child Abuse Division, and began the Family Violence Program. She received the “Outstanding Prosecutor Award” from Victims and Citizens Against Crime for the unit’s 94% conviction rate and the prosecution of a 20-year-old child rape case, which garnered national media attention.
:58 - Introduction of Stacie LeBlanc
1:57 -Overview of difficulty of this subject matter
2:25 -Introduction the topic of Physical Abuse
3:10 -What is the definition of physical abuse?
4:45 -What is reasonable in terms of physical abuse?
5:51 -Linking state law and federal law
7:12 -Physical abuse vs. physical discipline
8:40 -What’s the difference?
11:22 -Lori’s favorite quote surrounding the love and discipline of children
12:34 -Harvard study
17:50 -How or why have people been so resistant to ending physical abuse?
20:08 -Alternatives by ages and stages
22:18 -Where can people who were physically disciplined get support?
25:17 -Now we know, and we can do it different.
26:58 -Arming people with this information.
27:40 -Wrapping it up.
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