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    #metoo: guiding your children

    #metoo: guiding your children

    by Mia Von Scha | boundaries, communication, human rights, Self-esteem, violence | 0 comments

    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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    Rape, schools and our children

    Rape, schools and our children

    by Fatima Kazee | social issues, violence | 1 comment

    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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    When crime comes to our little ones

    When crime comes to our little ones

    by Annette Baynes | violence | 5 comments

    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 don’t understand what my family has done wrong.

    I don’t understand what my family has done wrong.

    by Anonymous | poverty, violence | 1 comment

    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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    Why do some kids hurt other kids?

    Why do some kids hurt other kids?

    by Fatima Kazee | bullying, violence | 13 comments

    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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    Raising boys for my girls

    Raising boys for my girls

    by Mia Von Scha | gender, Uncategorized, violence | 23 comments

    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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    Can violent cartoons teach our kids valuable life lessons?

    Can violent cartoons teach our kids valuable life lessons?

    by Sholain Govender-Bateman | violence | 15 comments

    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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    Rape is rape. Abuse is abuse. Don’t confuse kids with candy-coating.

    Rape is rape. Abuse is abuse. Don’t confuse kids with candy-coating.

    by Clive Simpkins | sex, violence | 3 comments

    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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    How to talk to your children about rape

    How to talk to your children about rape

    by Mia Von Scha | gender, violence | 16 comments

    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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    Talking to kids about war & natural disasters

    Talking to kids about war & natural disasters

    by Janice Symons-Bradbury | human rights, poverty, violence | 1 comment

    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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    Parenting in a climate of fear

    Parenting in a climate of fear

    by Brendah Nyakudya | human rights, violence | 1 comment

    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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