by Jan Porter | Oct 1, 2025 | Holidays
The Holidays Aren’t Always Happy: What to Know, Watch For, and How to Help For many, the holidays bring images of warm meals, family traditions, and festive lights. But for others, this season can be one of the most difficult times of the year. Stress, financial...
by Jan Porter | Oct 1, 2025 | Holidays
Warning Signs in Children Children often express what they’re feeling through behavior. Some signs that a child may be struggling include:Sudden changes in mood or withdrawal from activities they once enjoyed.Trouble sleeping, nightmares, or bed-wetting. Becoming...
by Jan Porter | Oct 1, 2025 | Holidays
Safe Ways to Seek Help If you or someone you know is in an unsafe situation this holiday season:Have a safety plan: Identify a safe place to go and someone you can call.Use code words: Establish a simple phrase children can use to signal they feel unsafe.Reach out for...
by Jan Porter | Oct 1, 2025 | Holidays
You’re Not Alone The holidays may feel overwhelming, but help is always available. At ROSO, we stand beside survivors and their children—through the holidays and beyond. If you’re reading this and need support, please reach out, speak out. Safety and healing are...
by Paul Porter | Aug 1, 2025 | Domestic Violence
How does anger and domestic violence become intertwined? All of us have moments of anger. It can be anything from someone cutting you off in traffic to trying to communicate to a telephone customer service representative what your problem is and becoming frustrated...
by Paul Porter | Aug 1, 2025 | Domestic Violence
What do you feel when anger builds up inside of you? Adrenaline begins to build up, your body becomes tense, facial expressions change, and you feel a rush of emotion building. As you try and hold it back, until you lose the battle and you reach your so-called...
by Paul Porter | Aug 1, 2025 | Domestic Violence
You are now in a confrontation and you feel the anger building up inside you. What do you do? You don’t want to verbally or physically abuse the person you are having the confrontation with, so what do you do? Most anger experts say the best thing you can do is to...
by Paul Porter | Aug 1, 2025 | Domestic Violence
In the past weeks, we have seen how anger can lead to domestic violence. Most, if not all of us do not want to have violence in our lives. Did you know that Super Bowl Sunday is the number one day for domestic violence? Emotions are high, money is wagered on the...
by Jan Porter | Jul 1, 2025 | Leaving
Although this information is seen nationally, Reach Out Speak Out is based in Florida. We are veryaware of something called hurricane season. We are told to prepare months in advance. If we have lived through a hurricane, we know that it is not something that we can...
by Jan Porter | Jul 1, 2025 | Leaving
What if the police came to your door to let you know that the hurricane that was reported onthe local news was coming your way? For your safety, they are warning you that there is possibledanger coming your way. What if the police officer said that you have 24 hours...
