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Choosing Life: Thoughts From A Survivor tags: CA Depression After Childhood Abuse, ‘Times’ Columnist Says He Chose Life Over Vengeance tags: CA ChildAbuse What does forgiveness have to do with healing? tags: CA ChildAbuse Akron teen overcomes sexual assault, builds tags: CA ChildAbuse Join us for the 4th Annual Blog Party: World Mental Health Day,…
Link – How to Prevent Child Abuse: The Definitive Guide [2017]
There are no easy answers, but hopefully, this guide can help you spot child abuse, such as the shaken baby syndrome, or spot children that have been neglected, provide information about prevention programs, and learn the steps to report the abuse to child welfare services. They are right, there are no easy answers, and I suspect there will…
Reading – Grooming Children for Sexual Molestation
Quotes from predators: “”[P]arents are so naive—they’re worried about strangers and should be worried about their brother–in–law. They just don’t realize how devious we can be. I used to abuse children in the same room with their parents and they couldn’t see it or didn’t seem to know it was happening.” “I was disabled and…
Reading – 6 Reasons To Reveal Childhood Sexual Abuse
The choice to share your story or not, and who to share it with, is an intensely personal one. This article points out some of the benefits of doing it, but doesn’t really address the reasons why a survivor might not share. What do you think? What made you decide to share, or not share?…
Sharing – Online grooming: What it is, how it happens, and how to defend children
I know we’ve touched on this topic more than a few times, but I don’t think we can repeat it enough. The article below has some really good advice, but maybe none more so than this: Building a foundation of trust, where the child feels safe all of the time, can build the safety net…
Sharing – ‘They Aren’t Who You Think They Are’
If nothing else, I hope you’ll go read the article for two reasons. One, to recognize how difficult it can be to come forward, and have leaders dismiss your claims, so that you know how not to run any organizations that you and your kids are involved with, and two, to recognize how certain cultural values create a space for abusers. Churches rely on charismatic leaders, but without proper safeguards and oversight, you’ll attract some very charismatic evildoers too. Also, understand that environments with such a strong focus on sexual purity, create a culture where kids are desperate to not do the “worst thing” and are susceptible to this kind of grooming, not to mention a lot of shame around a very natural subject. That shame only increases the secrecy around sex, and again creates a place where secrets can thrive. DO NOT BE A PLACE WHERE SECRETS THRIVE!
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