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Sharing – Similar patterns of behavior emerge in sex abuse scandals
ByMikeM April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Look, if you work at a non-profit, you do so for a reason, and that reason is usually tied to the work that the organization does. It’s something you believe in, feel passionate about, and in most cases agree to work for a lower salary to be part of. It’s a massive part of your identity.

Double all of that when the organization works on behalf of kids.

So imagine, if you will, a scenario where you have so much of your own identity tied into the good work done by you and your coworkers, and someone comes along and claims that actually, there are kids being harmed in that environment, not helped at all.

Are we all so sure we wouldn’t at least hesitate and consider for just a moment, that we’d be better off ignoring that and continuing the “good work” on behalf of kids?

I can believe that happens. I can understand how it happens. I can understand how crushing it would be to have something you believed in that strongly, and have part of your team be accused of something so heinous.

But we have to fight that, and make sure that the work we think we are doing on behalf of children, is the whole truth of what is going on in the organization. We cannot afford to lose ourselves, and our better judgment, to our passion for the work. We have to stay level-headed and aware.

Those kids deserve that, and the good work you want your organization to continue doing, requires it.

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Sharing – How I Talked to My Teen About Suicide-And How You Can Do It Better
ByMikeM April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

When we talk about sitting with someone in their pain, we have to do the hard thing, we have to acknowledge that their pain is real, and might very well be life-threatening. We don’t want to think that way, but I guarantee you, someone suffering enough to consider suicide, knows for sure that they are absolutely dealing with a life-threatening disease.

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Sharing – Working with Male Survivors: When Reaching Male Survivors, Consider Your Program’s Name
ByMikeM April 19, 2021April 18, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Here’s what I want you to consider. As a victim of sexual abuse, who identifies as male, I go in assuming that most of the resources available are going to be targeted to women. Because, in many cases, they are only available for women. So, if your organization doesn’t make it clear that you serve everyone, with clear examples, and promotion, many male victims may not ever reach out to you.

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Sharing – How to Talk to Kids About Sexual Abuse
ByMikeM April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

So yes, some of these conversations will be difficult, but believe me, the conversation with your adult kids about the abuse they suffered as children without you knowing about it, will be a lot harder. I’ve had that conversation with my parents in my 20’s. I’m sure they wished they didn’t have to have that.

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Sharing – Your Burnout Is Unique. Your Recovery Will Be, Too.
ByMikeM April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

As the authors point out, your approach to self-care should be different depending on what is causing the burnout. If you’re just exhausted from a lack of sleep, overwork, etc. taking a day to rest, relax, and take care of yourself might be the best thing you can do for yourself. (Recognizing, as mentioned above, that if you’re overworked, fixing that falls on other people and the company) On the other hand, if you’re burned out from watching the news, and developing really a very cynical outlook of other people. spending a day isolating yourself from social connections even further, might not really be the best option. So, self care starts to look a little different depending on not only your own individual preferences, but also what it is that is causing these feelings of burnout.

Of course, the struggle here is knowing yourself, and your emotions.

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Sharing – What to do when you find CSAM or evidence of child sex trafficking online
ByMikeM April 12, 2021April 11, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

Whatever the motivation, that’s not the appropriate thing to do. The article below walks through the steps of reporting it to the platform where you saw it, and also reporting it to the proper law enforcement agencies. Those are the places who can actually investigate this, not your friends and groups.

Please, keep this in mind, and keep this handy.

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