Breck Bednar, a 14-year-old boy who loved gaming, was groomed online and murdered in 2014. His mother, Lorin LaFave, was worried – would her pleas for help from police have been taken more seriously if he’d been a girl? It’s a legitimate question. We tend to think boys playing games online are just being boys,…
In short, treatment can help, there is hope for you. You are not broken beyond repair. “People who had received CBT showed structural changes in their brains, from the beginning to the end of the initial six months, whereas people in the medication-only group didn’t have the same changes. In particular, there was more neural…
Liz Briggs thinks the way we approach child sexual abuse is broken. I tend to agree, to a degree. Yes, it’s important that we have children who understand who they can turn to and get support if they find themselves in a situation where someone has tried to touch them. Yes it’s important that we…
I recently wrote about sharing your mental health issues online, by liking pages, or sharing posts, etc. I also mentioned that there may be some real reasons not to do so. This post does a good job of giving you the questions you should ask yourself before you decide to “come out”, either online or…
This is true in Vegas, and everywhere else. Kids with uninvolved parents make for easy prey for pedophiles, pimps, etc. Kids we write off as “trouble” may just be user the influence of traffickers. But how do you spot a child sex trafficking victim? Carter says you just have to look around you. “Thirteen or…
I’ve said it a few times in the last couple of weeks, but here’s a study that proves it. Getting people help early makes a huge difference in helping them not have serious problems later. What do we have to do to make sure there are resources available to youth and young adults? “The…
