Having ‘The Talk’ With Your Child
On April - 27 - 2010
April is both National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the twin subjects keep Sierra Black awake at night. A former journalist who now lives in the Boston area with her three children, she is also a rape survivor, and keeping her daughters safe from sexual violence is on her mind 12 months a year.
READ MORE HERE:
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/having-the-talk-with-your-child/
---------------------------------------------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.
Educate Yourself -- Learn the Facts
It May Just Save a Child's Life!!
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