Shut Your Facebook is a new documentary series regarding how to repair your online social media profile when looking for work or staying in your job, or just generally wanting to keep your private life out of the public view, which is an important consideration for survivors. It will be available at Channel 4’s catchup…
If you’re in the UK you can catch an episode of Louis Theroux LA Stories titled “Among the Sex Offenders”. Documentary. Louis Theroux spends time in the twilight world of Los Angeles’ paroled sex offenders, who live under force of tough regulations As a non UK resident I cannot watch it but if you happen…
That’s the news out of the UK this week, but it is not without it’s detractors. Frankly, I’m not exactly sure it shouldn’t have detractors. What I continue to fall back on is this quote in the first link. ‘We need a clear, concise and workable definition of child maltreatment — an alternative code that…
The experiment was a simple one. Take two small girls and put them, apparently, by themselves in a large shopping area, looking lost and confused, and see who stops to help them. The results left the experimenters stunned, but I don’t know why they would be. We have absolutely reached a point where showing interest…
Anne Wheaton, yes Wil’s wife, has written an insightful piece about dealing with a loved one’s depression. What I like about it is the honesty she shows in talking about what chemical depression can look like to a spouse. It doesn’t often look like depression, it looks like anger and frustration, etc. Depression symptoms are…
The Guardian, separate to the NCCL story, also ran a question/problem page article from someone wishing to tell their mother about the historical child abuse they sufffered. That article is here with some interesting comments that follow the counsellor’s answer.
