The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced a wide scale public inquiry into child sexual abuse, which has started in Melbourne. The BBC has the general report here and we expect to update with any further information with the BBC’s usual story aggregate lists from the same link.
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Remember, no matter the size of the audience, if you are reaching one person you are doing something amazing. I love this sentiment when we talk about our stories as survivors.Your story could reach hundreds, or it could reach one, but for that one person who it does reach, it will be everything. Survivors Have…
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More importantly, for those of us trying to advocate for mental health, we need to realize that there is no simple answer. Turning off all of social media is not going to cure the mental health crisis. It won’t change everything that is going on in all of our lives and across the world. Pretending that we’d all have much better mental health if we just killed off Instagram or TikTik isn’t going to make the county’s mental health problems go away.
So why aren’t we discussing the harder problems that have some proven research to show the negative effects on children’s lives? School shootings, violence, racism, oppression of LGTBQ and minorities, poverty, lack of access to mental health care, etc.
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Let’s begin a discussion about the victims, the emotional and psychological pain they suffer, some for a lifetime.
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RT @SurvivorNetwork: Australia Begins National CSA Inquiry: The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced a wide scale public i. …