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Thursday, September 25, 2008
12:31 PM
Boyhood Shadows is a new, truthful documentary about the malignance of child abuse.
One in four girls, and one in six boys are sexually abused before the age of 16. Many are abused at a very young age, and may bury these memories and shut off socially as a means of self-protection.
How many mis-diagnosed cases of bipolar disorder, autism, attention deficit disorder, depression, and schizophrenia in children are actually symptomatic of a buried secret shame that no one wants to hear? Under distrust of parents, the mind of a child fractures.
The state has a compelling interest in stopping child abuse, and since the Victorian attitude of parents who keep their children silent about sex is contrary to the public good, teachers should and must give children the vocabulary and trust that they need to tell someone about it.
How will you know that your child has been harmed, if you don't teach your child how to speak?
give kids knowledge to speak out about child abuse
Child abuse will never end as long as parents rear their children in silence under pain of punishment.Boyhood Shadows is a new, truthful documentary about the malignance of child abuse.
One in four girls, and one in six boys are sexually abused before the age of 16. Many are abused at a very young age, and may bury these memories and shut off socially as a means of self-protection.
How many mis-diagnosed cases of bipolar disorder, autism, attention deficit disorder, depression, and schizophrenia in children are actually symptomatic of a buried secret shame that no one wants to hear? Under distrust of parents, the mind of a child fractures.
The state has a compelling interest in stopping child abuse, and since the Victorian attitude of parents who keep their children silent about sex is contrary to the public good, teachers should and must give children the vocabulary and trust that they need to tell someone about it.
How will you know that your child has been harmed, if you don't teach your child how to speak?
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