The NY Times has published an article about the ways in which various US States have reviewed and refined the laws on teenagers sending sexual images by text messaging, or “sexting”. It’s up to around 130 Comments in the debating crawl after the article which is just as insightful to read as the main piece.
Catch the article here.
– CBG
Book Review: What is a Girl Worth? by Rachael Denhollander Beyond ‘stranger danger’: Look and listen for these signs of child sexual abuse Podcast: Holiday Coping Techniques 5 Tips for Starting a Conversation About Mental Health Can We Turn Down The Emotion On Traumatic Memories? The best way to understand someone’s mental health problem is…
We couldn’t let the day finish without mentioning the report into the Archdiocese of the Republic of Ireland. The fact that 46 paedophile priests were allowed to amass 320 different victims speaks for itself, but the comprehensive coverage is over at the BBC as usual. Go here to view that and also the extra information…
It’s always good to have programs that teach children how to be safe online or off, yet not scare them away from everything! Good for ICE to have this program available. Have you, or your child, been in this program? What was your impression? ICE program aims to educate kids, teens on online sexual predators
Tomorrow evening, ESPN’s excellent E:60 program will do a piece on Invisible Victims: According to experts, children with disabilities are three times more likely than children without them to be victims of sexual abuse. And when the disability is mental rather than physical – meaning the disability is not immediately visible – the cases are…
Last Thursday the independent island of Jersey (among the Channel Islands next to, but not part of, the UK) announced that historical victims of abuse in its children’s care homes or other state-run institutions would be able to apply for compensation of up to UKP 60,000 (USD 96,100 approx) The BBC’s original story is here…
This article has a ton of insight into why when we hear about commercial exploitation of minors, we almost never hear about male victims, despite the fact that studies show the percentage of children involved in commercial sexual exploitation is probably pretty close to 50% male. Some of the nuggets from some in depth studies:…
