The day after one nursery worker was charged on one count of child sexual abuse in England (following the original suspicion of internet grooming of a teenager), the BBC reported that another paedophile who attacked his three victims from the mid 1970s onwards, was jailed by a Scottish court for ten years.
The latter story is here and the general unfolding details about the nursery can be found here.
– CBG
Three very different, famous, stories, and only one bottom line: Bottom line: Open communication and shared love in a family make a difference when bad things happen to a child. If children feel safe and loved in their family before bad things happen, they are more likely to share these experiences with their parents and…
If you’re British, postal strikes will stop you getting hold of Theoren Fleury’s book Playing With Fire for a few weeks yet, unless you choose an overseas Amazon/Ebay seller willing to use a courier related to Parcelforce – or if try a large retail bookshop. So whilst you wait, you can watch the hockey player…
But what is the least harmful way to deal with that? What is the least harmful way to inform kids of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza? What is the least harmful way to prepare kids for the natural disasters that seem only to get worse each year?
I don’t know. What I do know is that dealing with all of this is hard and only part of the causes of increased needs for youth mental health. Our current mental health system failed many people for years when the need wasn’t this high. What we are doing isn’t working. Continuing to do the same thing won’t work. Fighting against increased funding and availability of resources won’t work. Hiding our heads in the sand and saying, “not my kid,” won’t work. This is a society-wide problem that will require societal change. I am not sure we are willing to make those changes, but an entire generation of kids will pay the price for that unwillingness.
Sadly, this is true: Now that I have a kid, I’ve noticed that most parents think like this. They believe children are safe only when they are in the care of adults, in part because kids have to be protected from would-be pedophiles and abductors. But as a psychologist with an expertise in child abuse,…
From a review of the documentary film Swift Current: Swift Current, the second documentary feature from Joshua Rofé, tells the story of former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy, who was tragically abused by his coach, Graham James, throughout his early years in hockey. Kennedy, who eventually became (and still is) a crusader for child abuse victims,…
