Guardian Elizabeth Smart Retrospective
Recently UK newspaper The Guardian covered the aftermath of the Elizabeth Smart case. That article is here.
Toysoldier has reported on the charging of an ex-cheerleader that followed a junior highschooler to a bathroom to molest him. His consistently in-depth reporting on the case is here and shows that whilst it’s not called Child Abuse Awareness And Prevention Month anymore, children remain the primary victims that can’t just go and get therapy tomorrow, they…
We couldn’t let the day finish without remarking on a watershed child abuse case that started two years ago and whose effects are continuing to ripple throughout the UK. The court order preventing the identification of this child’s killers was lifted by a judge. (We don’t know if this ever applied to other countries). We…
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It’s an easy copout for the mental health community to suggest self-care items that will help with mental health without acknowledging the reality for many. Telling people to do things like create more space for sleep, or make healthier food choices while still not making a wage that would pay for those things is just mean. What we do as a society matters when it comes to the mental health of all of our members. We can’t hide from that fact.
Abuse Survivor Ron Tebo has founded his own child abuse website, Findingbutch.com. In recent times he has actually found Butch, who abused him and his sister as children. Whether the name changes remains to be seen but within the pages any remaining interviews archived at various sites have the links preserved. Visit the site here.