Kudos to Australia for recognizing the risk and doing what they can to make everyone involved more aware! “The Bravehearts founder, Hetty Johnston, said Gymnastics Australia had shown leadership in setting new benchmarks in child protection. “What the royal commission has discovered is that you need children to understand their rights and when they feel…
It’s a mixture of things that create the perfect storm, if you will, for predators. Families living in abject poverty, with an opportunity to escape it through a boy playing youth soccer and advancing in his career. Those types of situations are ripe for abusers to take advantage of. “And many would never dare to…
We need to stop believing that we will recognize abusers when we meet them, clearly no one recognized what was happening to hundreds of gymnasts even after some of them came forward. “Given the abuse perpetrated by famous directors, beloved coaches, trusted priests and respected politicians, etc., it may be time to tolerate the cognitive…
Kids who have parents who are more involved are less likely to consider suicide. “Parents ask us all the time, ‘What can we do?’” said Keith King, who coordinates the University of Cincinnati’s health promotion and education doctoral program. “Kids need to know that someone’s got their back, and unfortunately, many of them do not….
This interview is a very interesting read to anyone who is interested in seeing child abuse as a public health problem and trying to find preventative solutions instead of simply reacting to abuse after the fact. This little tidbit, about public registries, in my mind, sums up exactly why the US approach has it all…
This is a really good, lengthy, look into the issue of sexual abuse in Olympic Sports. While this story is about the US Olympic committee, we’re seeing similar stories around the world, with UK youth soccer, and who knows how many other countries? This last paragraph though, really brings the problem home: Judy still believes…
