Adrian Peterson’s 2-year-old son dies after assault: report
This is just so shocking, and sad. Proof that child abuse can happen anywhere, and even being a pro athlete doesn’t protect your kids from abusers.
Royal Commission into child sex abuse prompts partners to speak out
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NFL won’t let Brandon Marshall wear green shoes for Mental Health Awareness Week
Good for Brandon Marshall!
5 Ways to Face Your PTSD Fears
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Child Sexual Abuse: America’s Silent Epidemic
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The day after one nursery worker was charged on one count of child sexual abuse in England (following the original suspicion of internet grooming of a teenager), the BBC reported that another paedophile who attacked his three victims from the mid 1970s onwards, was jailed by a Scottish court for ten years. The latter story…
The Invisible Youth Network is an organization that is trying to reach the estimated 1.5 homeless children in America, with a focus on those who are runaways and victims of child abuse. Recently, the director of their Department of Child Abuse Services, Wayneho Kam, sent me an email asking if I could try to help…
This is a nice thought, but it’s not even close to the reality of the workplace in the UK or US. Managers are rarely given any training, and many would do the exact opposite of what this article suggests, by getting rid of someone they think might become a “problem” due to their mental health…
“As a mental health advocate and writer who is extremely transparent with my own mental illness battles, I have received a lot of personal messages containing very strong opinions about mental health. I am usually quick to dismiss the feedback, as I realize some people just arent educated in mental health and I understand that…
If you want to protect children, you need to know where they are being approached, and how. So I share this not as a news story so much as an informational tool. “The Covid-19 predator handbook contained details about how to coerce children online to share sexual images and videos of themselves, she said. “The…
Vicki wrote this post in July, but for whatever reason, it just came into my world this week. It reminded me of something that I remember being a huge turning point in therapy for me: “My right to think for myself and make my own decisions was hard-earned, and I am determined to put it…
