When I was in college I went through a whole series of different majors before finding the right fit. After all those missteps, I found my home in the Human Services field. My first internship was for an agency whose mission was Child Abuse Prevention.
That first internship and subsequently, my first job in my field, was a real eye opener. I had genuinely lived a fairly sheltered life, and it was heartbreaking to see the results of abuse shattering the perfect innocence of a child. Even more so knowing there were children resting on that imperfect bubble - where you know their life is being touched in some way by abuse or neglect, but not enough to substantiate and bring in the help their family needed.
Too many children fall through the cracks.
April is the month designated to raise awareness and provide people with tools to help in the fight to prevent child abuse.
In March I started my coverage on raising awareness with an article about preventing child sexual abuse. This topic in particular is one I feel like we, as parents, need to start talking and keeping talking about with our children. The statistics I uncovered while doing the research were terrifying. It might not be a comfortable conversation to have with our children, but it's one we have to have.
Ironically, when we were at the library last week, the book I checked out was about the impact child sexual abuse has on one family. I really hadn't looked at what the book was about; I grabbed it because it's an author I really enjoy and hadn't read the book yet. So look for a review to come on that book some time this month.
If you want to show your support for this cause, consider donning a blue ribbon, as that's the symbol for Child Abuse Prevention.
That first internship and subsequently, my first job in my field, was a real eye opener. I had genuinely lived a fairly sheltered life, and it was heartbreaking to see the results of abuse shattering the perfect innocence of a child. Even more so knowing there were children resting on that imperfect bubble - where you know their life is being touched in some way by abuse or neglect, but not enough to substantiate and bring in the help their family needed.
Too many children fall through the cracks.
April is the month designated to raise awareness and provide people with tools to help in the fight to prevent child abuse.
In March I started my coverage on raising awareness with an article about preventing child sexual abuse. This topic in particular is one I feel like we, as parents, need to start talking and keeping talking about with our children. The statistics I uncovered while doing the research were terrifying. It might not be a comfortable conversation to have with our children, but it's one we have to have.
- Preventing child sexual abuse, start talking now - This piece will provide you with some statistics, myths vs. facts, as well as some guidelines in how to have this conversation with your child.
- Child Abuse Prevention Month: Be a part of the solution
- Make a difference in the life of a child: Become a CASA volunteer
- Join the fight: Child abuse prevention
Ironically, when we were at the library last week, the book I checked out was about the impact child sexual abuse has on one family. I really hadn't looked at what the book was about; I grabbed it because it's an author I really enjoy and hadn't read the book yet. So look for a review to come on that book some time this month.
If you want to show your support for this cause, consider donning a blue ribbon, as that's the symbol for Child Abuse Prevention.
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