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Reviews Elsewhere – My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
Caught this review over on NPR and thought it might interest some of you. My Absolute Darling is a novel about child abuse, which I personally find to be something that doesn’t interest me as much, but I know some other survivors who do enjoy reading stories of overcoming abuse, fiction or non-fiction. If that…
Link – The #1 Reason Children Recant Abuse Allegations
“In approximately 23% of child abuse cases, children recant (take-back) allegations of abuse. Research has been conducted to better understand why children do this: the #1 reason children recant abuse allegations is their primary, non-offending caregiver (which in the vast majority of cases is the mother) DOES NOT believe them.” Makes sense to me, as a child…
What I’m Sharing for Survivors (weekly)
Dealing With Holiday Depression tags: CA Depression Now Accepting Submissions For The December 2014 Blog Against Child Abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse Facing the Reality of Men Who’ve Been Raped By Women – tags: CA ChildAbuse A Famous NHL Goalie Put A Bullet In His Head, And He Wants Everyone To Know Why tags: Sports NHL…
This Week’s Links (weekly)
Convicted Sex Offender Advice to Keep Children Safe tags: CA 4 Ways To Reach Out When Depressed | World of Psychology tags: CA What Parents Need to Know About Web Filtering and Parental Controls tags: CA Sexual Abuse Survivors Need Disclosure, Exposure, and To Get Closure tags: CA Identifying Potential Victims tags: CA Love Is…
This Week’s Links (weekly)
What Depression Is & What It Is Not tags: CA Most Sex Offenders Against Children Are Family Members tags: CA Knowing Your Early Mental Health Warning Signs tags: CA Ex.-NHL player Theo Fleury walking to Ottawa for child abuse laws tags: CA Sports Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Link – Olympic Gold: Child Abuse and Strong Families
Three very different, famous, stories, and only one bottom line: Bottom line: Open communication and shared love in a family make a difference when bad things happen to a child. If children feel safe and loved in their family before bad things happen, they are more likely to share these experiences with their parents and…