| NAASCA Posters / Essays Celebrating April as National Child Abuse Awareness Month | |
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Child Abuse lives .. ...... in every community ...... it hurts to waste childhood End of the Innocence - Don Henley, Bruce Hornsby - Remember when the days were long And rolled beneath a deep blue sky Didn't have a care in the world With mommy and daddy standin' by But "happily ever after" fails And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales ... ....But I know a place where we can go And wash away this sin We'll sit and watch the clouds toll by And the tall grass wave in the wind... ...Offer up your best defense But this is the end This is the end of the innocence ... ~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh how do these words ring true for so many children who have had their innocence stolen from them due to sexual abuse. A study from the US Dept of Health reported that hundreds of thousands of children are victims of sexual abuse per year. The problem is that so many, the majority, go unreported. Sexual abuse in girls is a staggering 25%; 1 out of every 4 young girls is a victim. ONE OUT OF 4!! Psychological harm "Child sexual abuse can result in both short-term and long-term harm, including psychopathology in later life. Psychological, emotional, physical, and social effects include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, eating disorders, poor self-esteem, dissociative and anxiety disorders; general psychological distress and disorders such as somatization, neurosis, chronic pain, sexualized behavior, school/learning problems; and behavior problems including substance abuse, self-destructive behavior, animal cruelty, crime in adulthood and suicide." Please see: End Of The Innocence |
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