Erin Merryn: “Why I’ll Never Let My Children Go To A Sleepover”
On March - 13 - 2015
Erin Merryn was just six-years-old when she was molested and later raped by a friend’s uncle. She was 11 when her teenage cousin began sexually abusing her. Both crimes (which were ongoing) first occurred during sleepovers at other people’s homes. After years of silently enduring the abuse and shame, Merryn finally spoke up—in a major way. The Illinois native has written three books about her experience and in 2010, she created Erin’s Law, which encourages schools to teach sexual abuse prevention (20 states have passed it; 21 are voting this year). Now 30, and a new mom to a six-month-old daughter named Abigail, Merryn opens up to Yahoo Parenting about how her dark past is shaping the way she parents. READ MORE HERE
By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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