You are holding your toddler in your arms as you walk to the front door. The doorbell has just rung, and you open it to let your parents in. They have just driven hours through snowdrifts to see you and they want to hold their grandchild. But your child has tightened her grip on your arm and …
Childhood sexual abuse
23 truths every victim of child molestation needs to know
1. Please, please, please, please x ten million know the molestation was not your fault. No matter what the person who molested you said, you are never to blame. You were a child. You were preyed upon, lied to, and abused. 2. If you were asleep, and they touched you, even over your …
Sexual Abuse Victims have an extreme need to be perfect
Mary DeMuth, published an article on her blog last week, How To Protect Your Children From Sexual Abuse. It is an excerpt from her book, Not Marked: Finding Hope & Healing After Sexual Abuse, that will be released on Amazon on February 10th, 2014. I read her article. I was …