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Link – What to Teach Kids Instead of ‘Stranger Danger’
This – “Telling kids not to talk to strangers fails to protect children at the most basic level,” writes early childhood expert Heather Shumaker in The Daily Beast. “Children are most often harmed by friends and family. This unsettling statistic is one we wish would go away. It’s far more convenient to blame the faceless…
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What to Watch Out for And How You Can Help College Kids With Depression Symptoms A male adult survivor of child sexual abuse speaks out: How silencing feeds the cycle of trauma – Firstpost When Was The Last Time You Had Fun? Because it’s good for our mental health to simply do something because it’s…
Link – Understanding Recidivism Through Child Abuse and Mental Health
This makes sense. We know that child abuse increases the likelihood of not only mental health issues in adulthood, but also a lack of social skills and development. Those are exactly the kinds of things that leave people desperate enough to commit crime. Treating those things would assist in providing other options. In 2016, Chicago…
Sharing – New research illustrates how live events foster social connection
If we’re going to become a less lonely society, we need to take advantage of opportunities to gather together. It’s that simple. It’s also becoming more challenging to do as we hide behind social media and news media, more interested in keeping us afraid of “others” so that we will continue to give them our attention.
