“Talking to your child about sexual abuse is uncomfortable. We want to empower them, not make them fearful of people.”
Open lines of communication between parents and kids go a long way here!
Orly’s first step to overcoming this was actually talking to someone about it. I cannot emphasize this enough. The shame we carry from childhood is all-consuming to us. It’s the secret we expend massive amounts of energy trying to hide and obsessing over. The things we feel shame about are the things that impact our day-to-day lives in adulthood.
And, for the most part, the shame we feel isn’t true. It’s not based in reality. Orly isn’t “not smart” any more than I am, and I do not deserve punishment any more than you. These are simply the stories we took away from our childhood.
This is also why that first reaction is so important. When we finally work up the courage to share our secrets, our shames, it’s painful to have them mocked or disbelieved.
Mostly, this is good advice, but I hesitate to put this out there. Many people, when dealing with someone who has experienced trauma, or mental illness, wind up walking on eggshells, afraid of “re-traumatizing” so much that being around them becomes uncomfortable for everyone. I would add to always remember that this is still the…
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If you want to protect children, you need to know where they are being approached, and how. So I share this not as a news story so much as an informational tool. “The Covid-19 predator handbook contained details about how to coerce children online to share sexual images and videos of themselves, she said. “The…
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