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Link – Pushing the Limit, by Alexandra Starr
This is a really good, lengthy, look into the issue of sexual abuse in Olympic Sports. While this story is about the US Olympic committee, we’re seeing similar stories around the world, with UK youth soccer, and who knows how many other countries? This last paragraph though, really brings the problem home: Judy still believes…
ESPN General Syracuse Roundup
Whilst ESPN’s role in the Syracuse case is less than stellar, the follow-up piece is good enough not to let them fall off the tweet log. This is the article covering stories by some male survivors at a treatment centre near to Syracuse University, New York. ESPN has portalised much of its content on the…

Sharing – Why Siblings Can Have Different Childhoods And Impressions Of Their Parents
The article below describes how this can happen, mostly focused on several factors. One, things change. The family’s circumstances change over the years, your parents change over the years, and so an older or younger sibling might have been raised differently than we were. Also, we are different. Some kids’ personalities mesh differently with their parents compared to their siblings. That’s all pretty normal.
I want to talk about childhood abuse, especially why it can seem like our siblings don’t understand when we tell them about our abuse. One of the things that becomes clear as you read the link is that kids might grow up in the same biological family but not necessarily in the same circumstances.

Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
Depression Influencers: The Top 10 You Should Know Why we still need to hear survivor stories Mental Health Awareness Is On The Rise, But Access To Professionals Remains Dismal As Suicides Rise, Insurers Find Ways to Deny Mental Health Care – A lengthy read, but important to understand where we are, and how we got…
Review: CSI Vegas “Genetic Disorder” (2012, US)
“Genetic Disorder” might be a new season episode but the writers have taken “If These Walls Could Talk,” changed the age and gender of the sole killer and the second case turns out to be hidden or cold whilst someone close to one of the team becomes a suspect due to the evidence. There’s also…
New Documentary re Missing TX Teen; Offender Interviewed
The Imposter is a new documentary about the 1990s disappearance of 13 year old Nicholas Barclay from Texas, which will be released on Friday 24th August in the UK. As well as the director and real-life private investigator being interviewed on BBC TV at the start of the week, UK Newspaper The Daily Telegraph interviewed…