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Sharing – 11 Factors That Increase the Risk of Child Sexual Abuse
For example, if we know that kids who don’t understand boundaries, are lonely, live in stressful family situations, and do not have open communication with other people in their lives, are more likely to be sexually abused, what does that mean when a teen comes out and is not accepted by their family? Or when a blended family becomes dysfunctional, or a kid with disabilities is not taught boundaries but kept hidden away from others?
You have kids who are lonely, who don’t feel safe and loved, who don’t understand boundaries, etc.
If a kid who’s lonely and lacking in self esteem is at risk. And a kid who identifies as LGBTQ+ is at risk, can we stop for a minute and consider that it’s not being LGBTQ+ that is a risk factor, it’s how much more likely that kid is to be lonely and lacking in self-esteem?
And thus, the cycle continues. When it shouldn’t. We know what it is about disabled kids, kids from blended families, or LGBTQ+ kids that make them more prone to abuse, mental health issues, and suicide. It’s not their reality, it’s the responses to their reality that create the risk factors. The things that make them more likely to be loners, disconnected from family support, lacking safe adults to communicate with, etc.
So maybe we should focus on being more supportive of all kids?
And, since we’re on the topic and it is June. Happy Pride!

Sharing – These Maryland cops responded to mental health emergency exactly the right way
I often talk about encounters between police and someone in a mental health crisis ending in tragedy. So it was refreshing for me to see a situation handled differently, and effectively. I also felt like it might be refreshing to share it to you as well, to see what it could look like when someone with proper training responds to these calls.
This Week’s Links (weekly)
Rape & Sexual Abuse Survivor Message Board, Support Forums & Chat Room tags:CA ChildAbuse Depression and Dealing with Black and White Thinking tags:CA Depression Fox News’ “destructive” ignorance: Network gets schooled by male rape survivor tags:CA ChildAbuse Social Media Makes Me Stronger (And Less Depressed) Since we usually only ever hear about the dangers of…
Reviews Elsewhere – Healing from Incest: Intimate Conversations with My Therapist
In the interest of sharing reviews of books/movies/shows about mental health and child abuse, I wanted to link to a review of Healing from Incest: Intimate Conversations with My Therapist posted by Megan Riddle over on Psych Central. Megan even rates it “Worth your Time”. If you’ve read it, do you agree? As always, if…

Link – How Victims are groomed by Abusive Predators
While I usually focus on children being abused, I’m not blind to the fact that many adults are as well, and I’m also informed enough to know that some of the same tactics that work to groom children and their families work on adults too. “People who recover from abusive relationships of any type, including…
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@SurvivorNetwork pls read and share my blog posts “Guilt” and “Speaking out” I talk about these from my perspective as an adult survivor
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): The Guilt of the Abused – Pathologizing the Victim tags: CA ChildAbuse Why We Need To… …
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): The Guilt of the Abused – Pathologizing the Victim tags: CA ChildAbuse Why We Need To… …
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): The Guilt of the Abused – Pathologizing the Victim tags: CA ChildAbuse Why We Need To… …