The Guardian, separate to the NCCL story, also ran a question/problem page article from someone wishing to tell their mother about the historical child abuse they sufffered. That article is here with some interesting comments that follow the counsellor’s answer.
So, when I see a study like this, I don’t feel defeated, I don’t feel like we are all just broken and doomed to poorer outcomes. I see the possibility that there is room to change this current reality, but it’s going to take changing how we deal with childhood adversity and doing it in an open, honest, and immediate way.
High levels of childhood adversity don’t have to be an early death sentence. We can, and should, intervene early in order to prevent many of these outcomes. We just need the determination and will to make it happen.
Do we have that?
The ThinkUKnow campaign promoting online safety has run since 2007, but now that the National Crime Agency has taken over from SOCA (Serious Organised Crime Agency), from late October 2013, the address has changed. You can now find the resource for children and parents here in its linkup with the Child Exploitation and Online Prevention Centre (CEOP).
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Guardian Historical CSA Question: http://t.co/fQdRwNwibc