Showing posts with label child abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child abuse. Show all posts

Friday, October 14, 2011

Report Abuse: check out these resources


Don't fall for it...
Tis the season of change
If you  think something is wrong, Mama...
Something is wrong!
Act now and make a difference 
Suspicious of neighbors? 
Notice inappropriate behavior of a parent?
Are you or someone else being abused?
This is National Domestic Violence month

Report...Report...Report     >>>


If you are a mother of a survivor and need to talk to someone contact the Survivor's Healing Center.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Whooooooo : Are You Going To Be This Year???

This one's probably related to Casper the Ghost!

Lets try to keep to one month at a time. It's October...the pumpkins are in the patch on several street corners, the costume shops are stirring with activity. Here is Santa Cruz, California  it's the biggest holiday of the year.I don't like seeing the Christmas decorations out already! Time goes by fast enough and one day at a time is a challenge!

One of the best parties I ever attended was a clean and sober party in the Midwest where I wore a man's suit and a Ronald Reagan mask. I never said a word the entire evening, danced with my friend who was Lady Di and had the best time ever. No one ever figured out who we were and it was fun hearing about these two characters later.

 Behavior changes behind a mask...or when we are unknown. Isn't it said that true character is how one acts when no one is watching. I think most of us like being someone else for a day and I dare say the victim of child abuse.No matter what, respect for one another, for each other is vitally important and you might just learn something about yourself.  Did you?

And your most memorable costume on Halloween  ...

Monday, September 26, 2011

Don't Ask Don't Tell: Post #100




 Better a hundred enemies outside the 
house than one inside. 
                             Arabian Proverb


                "Don't tell your mother!"


"Be quiet the baby is sleeping."                                         

     "Every single person has a secret"
                                  
                                 "Shhhh, I promise... it will be okay."


 If anyone is hurting your child tell someone you trust.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Mothers: Stop, Look, and Listen

                                         Emalou King
Feed your faith, and your doubts will starve to death.      
                                               -E.C. McKenzie

         First believe what your children tell you...or try to tell you.  If they are only hinting at something or sound confused then ask more questions. Mothers, please STOP for a second and LOOK at their eyes and face like you did when they were newborns, remember?  And be still. LISTEN.Give them time to find the words to tell you. Your children need your full presence.