I’ve recently added a couple of new links to the blogroll, and thought it would also help if I mentioned them here as well, so that you could go visit and welcome these new survivor-bloggers.
First was Seething Consequence, a poetry blog, and then secondly was Living With Child Abuse, which is gathering up great information and resources, as well as sharing Tara’s story.
Hope both of you keep up the good work!
From my perspective as an abuse survivor, if you think there’s even a chance your child has been abused, bullied, or is simply dealing with mental health challenges that need help, get the help early if you can. It only gets worse the longer you wait. Read the examples, and if any of them sound like your kid, do something.
Suzanna’s article below is about domestic abuse as an adult, but I think a lot of it also applies to survivors of childhood abuse as well. Not all of it, but nuggets like this seem very familiar to me: “Looking at the past brings shame, judgment. No one wants to be a victim. It’s embarrassing….
The monthly Survivors Fellowship meets in London on the last Thursday of every month at Hinde Street Methodist Church for male survivors only; that’s this Thursday 24th September this month, 7-8pm. (Exit Bond Street Tube on the Jubilee Line, cross over the road and walk down James Street where you’ll see restaurant tables on the…
Finding hope after sexual abuse tags: CA Blog Against Child Abuse – January 2012 Edition tags: CA As Victims, Men Struggle for Rape Awareness tags: CA Sexual Abuse in youth sports: 10 tips for keeping children safe tags: CA 5 Strategies to Soothe Stress tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links…
These kinds of programs make a difference. Making sure kids understand safety issues, and how to report anything that is not safe, is an important part of fighting child abuse. If you don’t teach them, they won’t know. You’re not “ruining their innocence”, you are educating them before someone else does. You may not like…
