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Link – Online course focuses on child sex abuse prevention
I thought this might be of interest to some of you. “A Ronkonkoma-based nonprofit on Monday announced that the group has launched a free online course that seeks to teach adults how to detect, report and, hopefully, prevent child sexual abuse.” As stated in the article, you do have to register with them, providing name,…
Link – Must Watch: Hollywood Child Abuse Documentary “An Open Secret” Released Online (For Free)
I recently saw this and wanted to share with my readers. I have not watched it myself just yet, but if you have, let us know your thoughts! “An Open Secret is a documentary about the abuse of young boys at the hands of “important men” in Hollywood. It is now available online (for free)…
Link – How “socially skilled” child molesters get us to ignore red flags
I’ve been saying this, and we all know better, but it continues to happen… ““The sex offenders who are the successful offenders, who are 95% of the cases or more, are people that we know and trust and invite into our homes,” she says. “And [we] give access to our children to them.” These “groomers,”…
Link – Predatory Portals: Need and Trust
This article is not directly about child abuse. But it does, absolutely, deal with an area that I’ve talked about many, many times. Predators are looking for vulnerabilities to exploit. They aren’t necessarily targeting one specific kid, they are looking for the kids with low self-esteem, with poor relationships with parents, who feel unloved, etc….
Sharing – Parent who listens can help kids thrive despite trauma
I have talked many times about how we can make kids less of a target for abusers when they have open, caring, communication with parents. But, even with that in place, traumatic events can still happen. Well, it turns out having that parent helps kids deal better with that too: “Worse, the negative effect on…
