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Something so troubles me that I cannot sleep tonight. Could it be the sound of hurt and scared children crying, if only silently in their wounded hearts? Who is protecting these children?
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A new page posted along the top of my blog has been added JUST FOR READERS to write any trauma-related thoughts that come to mind — either directly in response to something I have posted — or not!
Please feel free to click on the COMMENT link at the bottom of this new page that will always be at the top of the blog — and write! Your words are important!
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Your Page – Readers’ Responses
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Remembering what I wrote yesterday about the lack of playfulness and the ability to play being directly connected to the presence of trauma in a child’s environment, reading this new report about our nation’s children’s exposure to violence greatly troubles me.
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Please take some time to look at the report’s information, and also check out the information at the Safe Start Center website!
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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention published a new report that discusses findings from a survey examining children’s exposure to violence. The survey is the first to attempt to comprehensively measure exposure to violence for nationally representative sample of 4,549 children younger then 18 across major categories. Some of these categories were:
- Conventional crime, including robbery, theft, destruction of property, attack with an object or weapon
- Child maltreatment, other than spanking on the bottom
- Sexual victimization
- Witnessing and indirect victimization
- Exposure to family violence
- School violence and threat
- Internet violence and victimization, including Internet threats or harassment and unwanted online sexual solicitation
Results suggest that most children in the U.S. are exposed to violence in their daily lives, with more than 60 percent of the children surveyed having been exposed to violence within the past year. Nearly half of the children surveyed had been assaulted in the previous year, and nearly 1 in 10 witnessed one family member assaulting another.
Safe Start Center is dedicated to teaching about the harmful effects of the exposure of violence on children. Safe Start’s website is packed with information and resources for parents and the community to help our children stay safe. To read the full report of to learn more about the Safe Start Initiative, visit www.safestartcenter.org.
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About the Crimes Against Children Research Center
The mission of the Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC) is to combat crimes against children by providing high quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. CCRC is concerned with research about the nature of crimes including child abduction, homicide, rape, assault, and physical and sexual abuse as well as their impact.
- Broad Domain of Concern
- A Pressing Need for Knowledge
- Four Primary Goals
- Challenges to Law Enforcement
- The CCRC Agenda
- CCRC History, Funding, and Staff
- Sponsors
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Here, also, is some more information on borderline personality disorder put together by —
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| Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault, PhD When we talk about the impact of BPD, we’re not just talking about symptoms; BPD also has a major impact on your quality of life. From work, to relationships, to your physical health, think about the ways that BPD may be interfering for you. |
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