If you won’t, someone else might talk to them about sexual abuse, and convince them there’s nothing wrong with it.
Who would you rather talk to your kids?
When worry is good: Talking to your child about sexual abuse
This quote is, frankly, just so freaking much.
“Personal boundaries are important for establishing a sense of self-worth and a sense of self-love. Those who grew up unable to establish their own personal space or to have a sense of control over their own life may have learned to seek approval or validation from others instead of trusting themselves and building a solid sense of self-identity.”
This is important. A child may never disclose to you, or someone may not disclose to you until they are an adult. Regardless, learn how to respond. A child who discloses needs you to respond correctly, and adult may not need it as much, but it helps us out a lot if you can. Evidence…
The organization behind help4guys.org and the Male Abuse Awareness Week are looking for volunteers. You can learn more about the virtual opportunities from this video or check out the posting over at http://www.idealist.org/view/volop/DttJWJsmhxNp/ For the record, I’m one of the volunteers, running the Male Abuse Awareness Week Google Plus page, at least for the moment….
I can’t help but get frustrated when this is still the most popular myth we have to start articles like this with – “Myth: Mental health treatment is a sign of weakness. My kids will get over it.” There’s more where that came from. Please, if you don’t understand mental health issues among kids, go…
This is a really detailed, long-term study and shows us something I think many of us suspect. That kids who develop depression are more likely to go on to struggle as adults in many different ways.
Also, that the kids who developed symptoms and got treatment, showed fewer issues than kids with symptoms who were unable to get treatment, but not as few as kids who didn’t have symptoms to start with.
Some of these things are so common that I think many of us probably say and hear them without even thinking about how they would sound to someone who is struggling with a mental health issue, going to therapy, or taking medication. We should think about that more often, because remember, statistically speaking, there are…
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