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This, we know. Many survivors have experienced it first-hand. “Believing that the world is ultimately a fair and just place can result in individual and social complacency due to the idea that justice happens on its own, fueled by an actively engaged, ‘fair’ universal force. The belief in a just world can also result in…
Reading – Healing From Child Sexual Abuse: Let Yourself Grieve, Get Angry
“Healing is not a linear process. You may revisit a particular issue, say, the fear of intimacy, as you begin a new relationship. Or you may have to learn to set limits with your children if you have always had issues with boundaries. But the process of moving on cannot be rushed. Getting there will…
Link – How to talk to your child about sexual abuse
“Kids don’t want to talk about it. Parents don’t know how to talk about it. The only time people tend to talk about sexual abuse is when it makes the news” Sadly, this is another news story that is bringing the subject to light in New Jersey, and another opportunity to remind people that they need…
Link – Protecting children from abuse in organisations needs leadership and cultural change
This seems important- “There is an important message we should be hearing from the research published by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: leaders play a vital role in keeping children safe in their organisations. But this message isn’t getting the attention it deserves, from the media or organisational leaders. Instead,…
Sharing – What Is Familial Sexual Grooming?
Consider how often a child is not believed because the family friend or member “doesn’t seem like the type?”
That’s familial grooming. That is getting the family to see you as one thing when you are targeting a child in that family, thereby not only giving you access to the child but creating doubt about whether their own child is telling the truth. It also doesn’t help that so many of us think we know what a predator looks like, and are so easily fooled:
