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Protecting Your Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Quite possibly the most important project I’ve ever been a part of.)

April 15, 2020

Protecting Your Child: image of a girl with an iPad seated at a table

Question: How are you protecting your children during the pandemic situation we’re currently experiencing? During the pandemic, child abuse statistics have fallen. In West Virginia, and no doubt, all 50 states. You may think that’s a good thing. I did. But it’s not a good thing. Over half of all reports of child abuse are […]

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Filed Under: Raising Children, Sexual Abuse, Uncategorized Tagged: body safety, childhood sexual abuse, online safety, pandemic, protecting your children, wellness, West Virginia

(Sexual) Crimes Against Children: When Dad Is Bad (or Mom)

April 26, 2019

When Dad Is Bad: silhouettes of a mother and two children separated from their father

(Anonymous) Guest Post As the mother of a child who was sexually abused by her father, I frequently find myself being asked questions that I consider…well… odd.   But to the Foreigner [the word I use to describe someone who has no idea of the pain we’ve lived through, and praise the Lord, will never […]

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Filed Under: Family, Sexual Abuse Tagged: childhood sexual abuse, incest, when a child has been sexually abused, when a father sexually abuses his own child, when dad is the sexual abuser

Mamas (and papas), don’t let your babies grow up to be (sexual abuse) statistics.

April 12, 2019

Sexual Abuse: Image of sleigh bells hanging on bedroom door knob.

When I was little, I invented a way to prevent childhood sexual abuse. Because I was experiencing it.  Before you read about my sexual abuse solution, check out these statistics*: Nearly 70% of ALL reported sexual assaults happen to children 17 and under. 1 in 10 children will be sexually abused before age 18. Children […]

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Filed Under: Raising Children, Sexual Abuse Tagged: childhood sexual abuse, How to prevent childhood sexual abuse, how to protect your kids from sexual abuse, incest

Teach Your Children Well (So they don’t become a sexual abuse statistic.)

April 5, 2019

Teach Your Children Well: image of teenaged girl on the beach

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, this topic is very important to me. And since one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18 (according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), this issue should […]

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Filed Under: Raising Children, Sexual Abuse Tagged: childhood sexual abuse, How to prevent childhood sexual abuse, how to protect your kids from sexual abuse, incest, sexual abuse, signs of childhood sexual abuse

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