The main way that children learn consent is by getting to practice it themselves. They need opportunities to say “no” and also to have “no” said to them and to learn the appropriate responses. As adults, we violate this in so many subtle ways every day.
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Recently, as we drive to and from school everyday, news boards flash the word rape daily… rape in schools, rape in Hollywood, rape by caregivers, by family members and war criminals.
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At the end of an awful April we took a much-needed break in a little village on the Western Cape coast. We had barely been there a day when our holiday rental was broken into.
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I have been scared to go to the shops because people may recognise me. I have stopped speaking Shona in public or too loudly at home because I might be recognised and our house identified.
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I get terribly stressed out when I hear stories about children getting hurt and tend to adopt an “ignorance is bliss”attitude to protect myself and my children from these horrific events…
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I’m the proud mother of two girls. It’s something I boast about.but the truth is, that having girls makes me more, not less, concerned with the raising of boys. I want my girls one day to find a man who has empathy and kindness and can work out relationship problems with maturity and is in touch with his emotions not bottling them up and then exploding.
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I’d like to think that most parents are aware of the widely publicised ‘dangers’ of exposing our kids to violence through television, games and even toys and try to protect their offspring from such things. There are numerous studies detailing the effects that these shows and games have on young children and how it influences their behaviour and social interactions…
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A mixed bag of tips intended to help kids avoid attack, abuse or getting lost.
This is not intended as an exhaustive list. But rather as some trigger points to stimulate a change in possibly well-intended, but overly-cautious or conservative care-giver thinking
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The idea of Rape Awareness is a problem because it focuses on something negative that creates fear, anger, rage and more negativity…
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As a mother of a 5 year old I have a strong desire to protect him from the events of the world in which he lives. My wish is to wrap him in cottonwool and save him from any pain or hardship
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In many parts of the world, when you become a parent your first serious concerns are about whether your baby will develop colic or take to the formula and when they’re older, whether they’ll make friends at school and like their teachers.
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