I've noticed that I can relate to people's stories who are a generation or even two generations older than me," the former Vermont resident says. But, if she could exchange her childhood for an easier one, she wouldn't. "I learned from the hardships," she says. "They make me appreciate what I have now. Furlong also broaches a more sensitive issue: sexual abuse among the Amish. No one knows how prevalent the phenomenon is, and social workers may feel leery of interfering. The key, says Furlong, is to stop "romanticizing" the community and understand that, in this regard, "the Amish are no different from anyone else." Another legacy of her childhood: "I temper my joining the rat race by not having the latest developments in technology," Furlong says. She feels as skeptical of modern mar...
AS the sexual abuse scandal involving Penn State officials unfolds, we are left with the reality that sexual abuse victims continue to be vulnerable in a society that promotes secrecy. We at Clifford Beers know too well the stories of children sexually abused by people they love and admire, and who are role models in the community. Seventy percent of the children we see at the clinic have been exposed to some kind of traumatic childhood experience. Twenty- five percent of our population has been sexually abused. Nationally, one of four girls and one of five boys are sexually abused. And, these numbers are under reported.
By CHRISTINE L. PRATT Staff Writer
MILLERSBURG -- Herself a survivor of abuse, Bonnie Bazill-Davis will draw on her experiences ... mental and emotional challenges of a childhood trauma survivor. She is the author of "The Power oof New Shoes: Stepping Into Life After Sexual Trauma," a heartfelt anthology of 37 stories of th...
AS the sexual abuse scandal involving Penn State officials unfolds, we are left with the reality that sexual abuse victims continue to be vulnerable in a society that promotes secrecy. We at Clifford Beers know too well the stories of children sexually abused by people they love and admire, and who are role models in the community. Seventy percent of the children we see at the clinic have been exposed to some kind of traumatic childhood experience. Twenty- five percent of our population has been sexually abused. Nationally, one of four girls and one of five boys are sexually abused. And, these numbers are under reported.
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... begin to heal when victims tell their stories," Book said. "Lisa Ling's program is an important ...
Who rescues children who are victims of sexual abuse in their own homes? To the Editor:
...Their stories are rarely told, and if they are, the truth is spo... our eyes and ears and recognize that childhood sexual abuse is real. It's time to give voice to o...
... find lasting solutions for the problems of sexual violence we must first look inward. Reflection, le..., who represents clients who were sexually abused as children, says that his clients are "really loo... threat to the safety of American childhood and womanhood." (148) . Spurred in part by such rh... to reinforcement of myths: "Media stories about stranger-danger are thus complemented, reinf...
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