Stop Feeding the Predators

10/24/2025

With the increase of artificial intelligence generated stories and images, it is critical that you remove all photos that include children. Real faces are being put onto other's bodies to make it appear they are doing unspeakable things. Do NOT risk your child's mental health by leaving any pictures on any social media.

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10/17/2025

I hope this link takes you to the article & survey. I’ll try to link the survey in the comments - if it will work.

https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/cpd-columbus-ohio-police-department-asks-public-participate-survey-domestic-violence-crime-partner?fbclid=IwY2xjawNej8pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrqUXnmZ2vz1fRQcp097y5nHqNHPhg9Gpsf-rmkg2o-hoNvR09OgQqGm0ZRT_aem_SaO_CKGS-vMg5mXKlfp7ZA

The Columbus Police Department is soliciting feedback from the public on domestic violence.CPD published this post on its page Wednesday;The department

09/06/2025

We are looking for regular volunteers for our office in Upper Arlington, Ohio one Wednesday per month and also for a new program in Fairborn, Ohio (possibly on Monday or Wednesday).

Regular volunteer positions would be once per month initially and expand as volunteer availability and need increases.

We are also looking for "random" volunteers to help with special events on some weekends and evenings. (These days will vary and we will give as much advance notice as possible.) Locations will vary, but will be in Ohio. . . Let us know if you are available for out of town or out of state events!

If you are interested in helping people find emotional healing from childhood abuses while teaching ways to protect future generations, this is your opportunity!

You can help with having the conversations or help with office and event support to those who are having those conversations. (In other words, you can help with only office duties and event preparation if you want to be involved, but don't feel comfortable having those difficult conversations.)

To apply for all volunteer positions, please email Lynn at Lynn@StopFeedingthePredators.Org

Include your reason for wanting to volunteer, HOW you would like to help (big conversations or only general office or event preparation), your availability for which location, and contact information. ***Lynn will personally call you to let you know your information was received. If you apply and don't get a phone call response within 24 hours, please call (614)403-4545 and let us know.
NO GRAPHIC DETAILS ARE PERMITTED IN ANY CONVERSATIONS AND ARE NOT NECESSARY FOR THE HEALING PROCESS.

It is important that you tell us of any limitations that may prevent you from fulfilling your volunteer schedule. For example, if transportation, childcare, or health reasons may suddenly prevent you from helping on a committed day, we would want to know that in advance. (***These will not exclude you from volunteering. It would be helpful for us to know when making plans.)

We will be looking through applications and contact each applicant personally.

Volunteering is healing, too! Healing Starts Here!

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08/27/2025

SFTP is in need of 2 more volunteers to run games for the kids at 2 events this Sunday and Monday. Sunday event is in Hilliard at Soberfest Ohio. Monday event is in Fairborn at the 11th Annual Recovery Rally and Picnic.

If you can assist with running the games for the kids at either event, PLEASE call or text Lynn (614)403-4545.

Remember, in this world, one person can make a difference; 2 people can make it even better! (I can't do this alone, folks!)

Healing starts here, too!

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07/23/2025

Please tell us ways you'd like to see Stop Feeding the Predators help your community. Private messages and email accepted, too.

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05/29/2025

Small talk is a funny thing for those of us who have endured unthinkable abuse in our lives. As long as we stick to the weather, sales at the store, and more about the weather (haha), we might be ok. But if the topics get more "normal and personal", we are often the reason the whole room becomes silent.
Having lived through abuse, it is great when we finally find our voice. Sometimes, we don't know how to stop using it. We had been silent for so long about what was happening, that we find our strength in sharing what happened. I don't mean graphic details, but just the "well, he hit me so we aren't together anymore" kind of responses. Maybe we do this to show we were brave enough and strong enough to get away from it. Maybe we are just happy that we don't have to pretend our lives were great - when they weren't.
I was at a baby shower and someone made a comment about their age for their first pregnancy. (Not contributing to that discussion.) Then talk about whether or not husbands helped out with the kids when they were born. (Hmmm. . . let's see. First husband abandoned us the day the babies came home from the hospital. Second husband was helpful with the kids as much as he could because he was working full time, we had 5 children to care for, and he was really busy keeping a horrible secret about abusing the kids.) Not sure how to answer that one.
Somebody started talking about how some children were like moms and others were like the dads. Again, I am mostly excluding myself from answering these questions. People kept trying to include me and directly asking questions to me that only had awful answers. (These people were not trying to be mean or make me feel bad; they were genuinely trying to help me feel included.)
There were many topics that are completely normal for a baby shower that were brought up that day. The problem is that these women were talking from healthy lives. I had nothing to add. They were trying to be kind and asked me to share my stories, but my life was too awful to share. I was aware that the whole room was much quieter after I answered their questions.
As the minutes felt like hours, I made the excuse that I wasn't feeling very well and left - after only having been there about half an hour. Pulled my car down the street and stopped at the side of the road to just cry it out before driving home.
There are a lot of instances where I just feel like I am not "good enough" to be included in this world. Days like these sting because I wanted, more than anything, to be at the babyshower for my grandbaby. Other than lying or being vague, I'm just not sure how to "be" at events like this.
What do you do to get past these normal questions without bringing down the party - and still being true to your voice? (You can send private message responses through facebook or email them if you prefer: Lynn@StopFeedingthePredators.Org.)
Healing starts here . . . I just don't know how.

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05/16/2025

We will be out at Tanger in Sunbury (Delaware area) tomorrow from 9:00am until noon. Please join us!

We will have games and prizes for kids and a lot of information to help protect children and help with emotional healing from childhood abuses.

If you have any questions, feel free to call Lynn at (614)403-4545.

04/04/2025

Half hour of information to offer hope to anyone struggling. When your problems are so big that you're drowning in overwhelming feelings and hellish life situations, PLEASE hang on for one more day. And then one more day after that. And one more day. . .
(I recorded this show because I had many instances of suicidal thoughts and several attempts in my life. I am posting this for anyone who may need it.)
***I am NOT suicidal nor contemplating it in any way. I am posting for others to find hope.

Stop Feeding the Predators (SFTP) is a non-profit organization that depends on private donations. (SFTP does not charge survivors for services at this time.) Anyone wishing to help financially, can use the QR code, "Click to donate" button, mail a check, or contact us directly for additional options...

04/04/2025

Vulnerable post because someone needs to see it:
And all the while, I had no one. Random strangers who only knew some of the story became my lifeline. They didn't know our family well-enough to spend time with us or be real friends, but they knew just enough that they would offer help in bits along our path. One person at the high school took up a collection from the teachers and she gave me an envelope with $455.00 on the exact day -literally, while I was on the phone with the car repair people, my doorbell rang and it was this woman. She handed me the exact amount, plus one gallon of gas worth of cash in an envelope. She said "It's not much, but it might help a little." My car repairs were $440.00. (There's more to this story.)
What I want to emphasize is that it was people who cared and could offer hope and then be gone - those were the people who got us through hell.
Those are the reasons I started StopFeedingthePredators.Org. I knew that many people cannot handle situations like this. They don't mean to disappear, but they just do.
So if YOU are going through something where a child has been abused, or a spouse has been charged with something, PLEASE KNOW that I am here for you. I cannot fix things, and I don't have any funds to help you, but I can listen and offer thoughts to help you get through this moment of hell that feels like an eternity. ~Lynn

04/04/2025

Vulnerable post because someone needs to see it:
So I had the criminal trial, divorce trial, house foreclosure through the court, repossession of our van, trying to coordinate all the counseling sessions for all the kids (some were court ordered and some just needed to happen), and you know what "got me"? The husband (now ex) told the court that I was unfit to care for the kids because of brain damage from an auto accident. He was going to prison for admitted "r**e against child under 13" (among other charges) and he had the evilness within him to destroy the kids and me further - while on his way out. ~ Lynn

04/04/2025

Vulnerable post because someone needs to see it:
My husband was our only source of income. The house went into foreclosure, the minivan in repossession, and utility bills were piling up. As the criminal case was going on, lawyer fees were taken out of our bank account without my knowledge so I had even less money to cope. ~Lynn