“If you think a child may be in danger, don’t wait to report it, because it could mean the difference between life and death.
“It takes a community to keep children safe, and children really do need adults to advocate for them,” says Howell.”
Don’t try and decide for yourself. If you suspect abuse, say something, get someone involved. It’s not a perfect solution, but it beats doing nothing about children who are being abused.
There’s a lot in the article, and there are more reasons than this one, but really, isn’t this enough to show that you need a wide network: “Don’t Overburden a Single Person” It’s not fair to make any one person responsible for our mental health support. We are the only one’s who can take responsibility…
I was listening to the recent episode of the Psych Central Podcast, an interview with Erik Coleman, a former NFL player and the child of drug addicts. The whole thing is interesting, but around the ninth minute of the show, Gabe asks him about what he thinks are the most important things that can be…
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Note: Factual Events are contained in the link below which serve as a spoiler to this book’s story. Ronnie Thompson has written two other books about prison life from both the guards’ and prisoners’ points of view. Knifer, his third book is the first to be amalgamated from several true stories with his own professional…
When people say that to us- about not wanting to break up their families by speaking the truth, we say the same thing every time- “Oh honey, your family is already broken.” If sexual abuse is happening within your family, if the cycle of abuse and trauma is playing out on a loop from hell…
Stigma kills. The fear of being judged for having depression leads people to suicide. Not in every case, but that it happens at all is sad. I don;t know if what Kate’s sister says about her death is true, but I’ve heard plenty of similar stories, from people a lot less well-known. “In the end,…
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