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(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

How to Have the “Birds and Bees Talk” with Your Kid(s)

April 28, 2017

I never had “The Talk” with my parents. You know, the often awkward conversation about how tiny human beings are created. Instead, one morning as I made my bed, I spied something poking out from between the mattress and box springs—an illustrated manual of male and female anatomy with brief, scientific explanations regarding certain body […]

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Filed Under: Family, Raising Children, Sexual Abuse Tagged: Birds and Bees, facts of life, How to create open lines of communication with your children, How to explain rape to your kids, How to teach no means no, How to tell your kids where babies come from, incest, rape, sex education, sexual abuse, Telling kids the facts of life, Where do babies come from

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