This Week’s Links (weekly)
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Oakland coach breaks silence about sexual abuse
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Male sex-abuse survivors learn it’s OK to talk about it – Boulder Daily Camera
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I truly believe this is: The deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and most recently George Floyd, among countless lives lost at the hands of police brutality — in addition to simultaneously experiencing a disproportionate rate of deaths from COVID-19 — has left many people of color fighting through psychological warfare. During this mental health…
Another youth sport infected by sexual abuse. It’s sad that something that can do so much for teaching kids self-esteem, teamwork and confidence is, in fact, stripping that all away by victimizing them instead. We need to get this eradicated from all youth sports, whether it be hockey, swimming, tae kwon do, gymnastics or any…
Kids who show the signs of struggling with mental health issues do a heck of a lot better if we intervene. Sadly, we don’t do it enough. Sometimes it’s because we don’t have any intervention to offer them. There are no resources available to far too many families. Other times parents and adults are afraid to look for help due to the stigma associated with mental health issues, hoping the kid will grow out of it.
I love this description of therapy because this is what it really is – If it wasn’t for a close friend of mine that encouraged the idea of therapy. I would have never developed the courage and self-awareness to enter therapy. Therapy gave me the tools and techniques to live a more confident and emotionally…
It’s not just British courts that hand out life sentences on Fridays. The kidnappers of Jaycee Lee Dugard had their widely reported sentences of 431 years (to “life”) for Philip Garrido and 36 years for his wife formalised overnight (this morning to UK readers). Dugard’s victim impact statement was read by her mother, with further…