Important information for everyone. I had to reblog. What’s happening to children is disgusting, it’s sick, & it needs to be stopped.
The Childhelp Organisation yesterday published an article on Twitter around the myths surrounding child abuse. It is excellent and worthy of publication here.
Child abuse is America’s worst, best kept, secret.
It’s an epidemic, and the only way to curtail it is to Speak Up, educate communities on preventing child abuse and neglect, and give neighbourhoods the resources to seek help when they are struggling.
Before that can all take place, though, there are many myths that hinder child abuse prevention, giving people false information to think these atrocities are not as serious as they truly are. It’s time for the truth:
The Myths:
Myth: It won’t happen to me or my friends; I live in an affluent part of the country
Truth: Child abuse and neglect occur in all types of families, no matter the income, education, family size, race, religion, or any other trait. When you visit a…
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This is powerful. Wondering if you have tried to publish this in a journal or magazine. Or other work.in Ezines?
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Oh, I shared this. This isn’t mine but you should def head over to her blog & let her know what you think!
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Ok just wondering if you have published your writing in literary journals or Ezine? Found a list of websites that write about similar topics you write about . Here is link if you want http://www.beyondyourblog.com/get-paid-to-write-about-mental-health-12-publications-to-pitch/
Maybe you have already seen it ?
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Thank you so much! I think I had but I hadn’t gotten around to checking it out yet. You’re awesome & I truly appreciate the support!
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I’m slowly publicising what happened to me as a child on my blog. I appreciate the people bringing awareness to such issues. Good share on your behalf.
Thanks
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Thank you for being strong & doing so. We need more people being aware of what’s happening globally.
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We certainly do. My last post I had to stop and start a few times and kind of didn’t finish but tried to end it so I can continue as a second post. It’s hard to relive everything when you try to word it without causing offence and for it all to make sense it’s just …hard
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I bet. Do what you can. You are awesome & strong
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Hey, I nominated you for a Liebster Award. Hope I’m doing this right! Here is the link
https://wordpress.com/post/cantadult885139059.wordpress.com/106
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Thank you so much !
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