This Week’s Links (weekly)
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Local DJ staying awake for a week to raise awareness about child abuse
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One in three Canadian adults has experienced child abuse: study
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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None of that unease should matter when compared to understanding and helping kids and adults who feel the need to self-harm because there have no better options available. The only way we find those is to talk about this.
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