Not a review, since I haven’t read it, and given the number of things I need to get caught up on after being away for a few days, I’m not going to be reading it anytime soon, but just a pointer to a book called A Damaged Boy, by Nigel King.
It looks pretty interesting, if anyone has read it, let us know what you thought!
Why We Don’t Keep Secrets In Our House {Child Abuse Prevention} tags: CA ChildAbuse Guys Who’ve Arrived on the Other Side tags: CA ChildAbuse Survivors and Money Management by guest @itsamyroble tags: CA ChildAbuse Book tells of boy’s trauma in sex trade tags: CA ChildAbuse Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are…
I feel like this is something that has gotten continuously worse over the years too. Kids who never get to just play, but are fully booked with one after-school activity after another. Teens are under constant pressure to spend their time doing things that look good on college applications. College-aged young adults are about filling out the resume or getting into the best graduate school programs, only to graduate into jobs that expect them to always be on call, to learn and grow themselves on their own time, all while social media culture tells them they should also have a side-hustle or three.
Having fun is time that could be spent on any of these accomplishments.
I’d flip that around. What’s the point of all of those accomplishments if you never have any fun?
Over at Allies Opinions, I spotted a review of this book by Christopher E. Pelloski, MD Pelloski chronicles the evolution of his devastating legal battle alongside his concurrent journey of recovery from childhood sexual abuse. He shares with us the lessons he learned from these experiences in the hope they can serve as both a warning…
Mental Health America put together some resources in one place that might prove helpful for anyone just looking to talk, whether it be through a Warmline, a peer-to-peer chat, or if need be, a crisis line.
As you go through the holidays, whatever that might look like for you, it might not hurt to keep this link handy so that you can easily find a place to help feel a little less alone in what you are dealing with.
Caspar Walsh, it appears, was born to write. Criminal tells you what it’s all about on both the front and back covers but nothing prepares you for the whirlwind fast pace of both the author’s real life and the apparent speed at which it is told, even if the book is 305 pages long, the…
