“Multiple stressors in the child’s family and community context, and social and cultural attitudes that shame and blame victims, can create environments in which disclosure is fraught with difficulty. The process of disclosure often involves behavioural and indirect cues, and accidental disclosures, as much or more often than a conscious decision to tell someone about…
It’s always good to have programs that teach children how to be safe online or off, yet not scare them away from everything! Good for ICE to have this program available. Have you, or your child, been in this program? What was your impression? ICE program aims to educate kids, teens on online sexual predators
This news story is based around accusations at a local gymnastics school in Indianapolis, but some of the information shared about the warning signs would be good for anyone dealing with children to keep in mind. Child advocate talks about how to spot the warning signs of sexual child abuse
Great book review by Amy and Mel! The review itself makes for some interesting reading about how survivors are bonded to their abuser, and how it can be important to understand that the abuser is doing things because of their own problems, not because the child is deserving. Have you read this book? What did…
“There’s a common assumption that children subjected to abuse or trauma will have problematic emotions across the board, McLaughlin said, such as muted responses to positive situations and extreme reactions to negative ones. But the study’s findings suggest that maltreated children are perhaps more resilient and adaptable than previously thought. “It seems that they are…
I think Bobbi misses one of the reasons society continues to believe these myths. I’ve written about it elsewhere; our natural instinct to find a reason to believe that it won’t happen to us, or won’t be as damaging if it should happen. Thus, we keep our kids away from strange, anti-social, men, and we…
