{"id":20757,"date":"2026-05-13T20:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=20757"},"modified":"2026-05-13T20:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:23:35","slug":"sharing-we-say-it-takes-a-village-heres-how-you-build-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2026\/05\/13\/sharing-we-say-it-takes-a-village-heres-how-you-build-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing &#8211; We Say It Takes a Village \u2014 Here\u2019s How You Build One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We talk about youth mental health as if there&#8217;s an easy solution, and we talk about protecting vulnerable children as if it&#8217;s someone else&#8217;s problem, but this post makes one thing clear: we can all help.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Fbjsw%2Farticle%2F53%2F6%2F3129%2F7091809&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cclaudiasanti.fernandes%40yale.edu%7C114b064125364f8be86a08deaaf01519%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C639136145337262644%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aelYSuCIJcgb5ThicB3yFRN8ZNHrFk2T7MEMvBatB5s%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Decades of research<\/a>\u00a0show that young people\u2014even those exposed to\u00a0<a class=\"basics-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at adverse childhood experiences\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/basics\/adverse-childhood-experiences\" hreflang=\"en\">adverse childhood experiences<\/a>\u2014do better when they have more trusted adults in their lives. And we\u2019re not just referring to parents here: Children need a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs10464-011-9429-y&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cclaudiasanti.fernandes%40yale.edu%7C114b064125364f8be86a08deaaf01519%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C639136145337283179%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pcBWEHfXNXrLjmqy4N2TRYY5xFgFl2q1a%2B4%2BbCPftA0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">network of adults<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 teachers, mentors, coaches, and extended family members like an aunt or uncle. They need people who show up across contexts, consistently, and over time.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1007\/s10464-011-9429-y\">Research<\/a>\u00a0shows that adolescents with several supportive non-parental adults have healthier mental health outcomes, higher\u00a0<a class=\"basics-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at self-esteem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/basics\/self-esteem\" hreflang=\"en\">self-esteem<\/a>, and perform better academically.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/wellness-inside-out\/202605\/we-say-it-takes-a-village-heres-how-you-build-one\">https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/wellness-inside-out\/202605\/we-say-it-takes-a-village-heres-how-you-build-one<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What more can I say about this? There are clear connections between improved outcomes for kids who are surrounded by supportive adults, and then we created a society that makes it nearly impossible to create that kind of community. The article talks about small acts of cooperation and inclusion, building the network of trusted adults, but how many of us would even know where to start? How many of us don&#8217;t trust anyone? How many of us have friends or non-immediate family members around who our kids can trust?<\/p>\n<p>How did we get here? 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