In Chester, England, one trial has started regarding the honour-related murder of a 17 year old girl with her parents standing accused nine years after the girl’s death. Elsewhere in Preston, England the parents of an 11 year old boy who was made to sleep in a coal cellar for a year before being rescued have been…
Protect Our Children: Unlocking the Mind tags: CA What I Want To Say To All Victims of Abuse | Journal of a Male Childhood Abuse Survivor tags: CA Nearly one in four people experienced sexual abuse as a child. Why is this swept under the carpet? tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my…
“Genetic Disorder” might be a new season episode but the writers have taken “If These Walls Could Talk,” changed the age and gender of the sole killer and the second case turns out to be hidden or cold whilst someone close to one of the team becomes a suspect due to the evidence. There’s also…
I had the opportunity recently to read for review a copy of Bea Todd’s Appalachian Child: The Chronicles of an Abused Child and Her Journey to Survival. As always, when I first agreed to review it, I planned on getting it done earlier than this, but life and work got in the way! Bea’s book…
Note: This episode is from the last complete season and the plot is discussed below. The Mentalist had its own excellent contribution to the subject of hazing which strayed into abuse territory and its long-term effects in a previous episode, Rose Coloured Glasses from the second season. That show maintained a difficult balancing act of the heavy storyline…
Healing – How Long Does It Take tags: CA What We Wish Our Parents Understood About Our Sexual Abuse tags: CA 1in6 Thursday: Begin By Believing Believe that the sexual abuse of boys is occurring in your community despite few reported incidents. tags: CA Dear Survivor – A Letter of Encouragement to Survivors of Abuse…
