Friday, November 11, 2011

You Know A Child Molester

Nothin' like a little fire in the ol' belly to start off your Friday. This Penn State mess is enough to make me revisit the stomach flu that attacked me earlier this week. If you care to know my thoughts on the matter, I share this lady's (columnist from the New Yorker): http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2011/11/joe-paternos-tears.html.

I leave you with these statistics:

  • As many as one in three girls and one in seven boys will be sexually abused at some point in their childhood.
    Briere, J., Eliot, D.M. Prevalence and Psychological Sequence of Self-Reported Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse in General Population: Child Abuse and Neglecti, 2003, 27 10.

    • Child molesters exist in every part of our society.
    • They molest children close to them, mainly children in their family or children in their social circle.
    • Most child molesters, 90 percent, report that they know their child victims very well.


    To re-iterate. This means that YOU, sitting at your computer screen most likely have a pedophile in your family or peer group. You shake their hand at Church and/or Supper Club and/or let your child sleep at their house. Are you scared?

    You should be. Now, educate yourself on how to protect your child and live in reality instead of fear or even worse, naivete.

    This website is an EXCELLENT resource: http://www.childmolestationprevention.org

    And if you would like me to answer questions please comment and or email me. For those of you who don't already know this...Granny's expertise, her education and career ..if you will, is in this field....

    Protect Children (not Football),
    Granny
    email me: grannysbosom@gmail.com

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    3 comments:

    1. AnonymousNovember 11, 2011 at 7:46 AM

      Just curious - Can you elaborate a little on your expertise, education and career?

      Also, would you recommend directly approaching the person you have concerns about, or talking with someone else first?

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    2. AnonymousNovember 11, 2011 at 7:57 AM

      I will definitely have to check out that website. Such scary statistics. We just had a speaker at our mops group talk about healthy sexuality and how giving your children ownership of their bodies gives them power against predators.
      Thanks for sharing your blog too- didn't know about it!
      -Lauren Rachel

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    3. GrannyNovember 12, 2011 at 8:34 AM

      Dear Anonymous,

      I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) ..(My Masters is in Counseling). Historically and currently, I work with sexually abused children and adults which includes therapeutic intervention and work, reporting perpetrators, etc. Does this answer your question?
      Do you have concerns about someone you know being a perpetrator or a victim? If a victim, seek professional guidance on how to care for the child from this point on. I am happy to direct you to resources. If a perpetrator, and you have knowledge of them abusing, you must report them to child protective services. (By law) You can certainly approach them as well. Most likely, if they are in fact a perpetrator, they will not admit it. If you are ever suspicious of someone, trust your instinct to not let children be near them unsupervised, if at all. I encourage you to seek advice from a professional resource in your area. The Child Advocacy Center in your Area will be able to direct you. If not, let me know and I will investigate to find an appropriate and helpful resource for you.
      Bless You
      Granny

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