Shared Links (weekly) Feb. 2, 2025
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Link – Neglect: The Quieter Child Abuse
It’s true. We don’t see a lot of memoirs being written by adults who were neglected, and outside of some really atrocious cases, we rarely see the details of childhood neglect splashed across the front page, but these stories happen all of the time – “Jordan’s teacher knows she should be more sympathetic. She admits…
Sharing – How to talk to your kids if you’re worried something might’ve happened
There is so much good advice that I don’t have anything to add, other than to remember how many children don’t tell anyone for years, if ever. This is why the topic is so important.Â
Sharing – Little Boys are Sexually Abused as much as Little Girls
I, for one, was sexually abused by an older boy. Not a stranger. Someone in my family. Many other men I know were abused by a family member, a member of the clergy, a coach, or some other trusted person known to their parents. I also went into my 20s planning to never tell anyone. I know many men go through most of their lives never planning to tell anyone. I was lucky to find other men who did talk about it, and helped me realize first that what happened to me was abuse and that someone would believe me if I spoke up.Â
I would argue that most men have never had that. Thus, they don’t show up in any statistics about sexual abuse. The sexual abuse of minors is chronically underreported and is likely to get worse as society continues to push victims to “move on” instead of speaking out. We need more spaces to discuss CSA, not fewer.Â
Sharing – How Online Interactions Affect Mental Health in the Digital Age
Perhaps if we all focused on connecting with individuals and creating for one another, and less on consumption, we wouldn’t need to enact laws that prevent people from accessing the opportunities that the internet makes available to us.Â
