Links (weekly)
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Golf Pro Anya Alvarez Shares Her Story of Surviving Child Abuse
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Dateline’s Focus on Stranger Safety Applies to Only 7% of Child Sex Offenders – child,sexual,abuse
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No, it isn’t fair that we have to have books to teach children how to protect themselves, but it’s reality. I don’t want small children to have to learn about the possibility of being abused, but leaving them uneducated and more vulnerable is not an option.
Oh, the other thing I appreciate about this book? It is focused on the danger from people the child already knows. Our “stranger danger” approach to child abuse has been terribly lacking for decades. I’m glad to see someone taking that on.
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