NIKE FOUNDATION - The GIRL Effect

Truth That Hurts......

November 1st, 2010

GIRLS ARE AT A CROSSROADS

Girls living in poverty in the United States and around the World are uniquely capable of creating a better future. But when a girl reaches adolescence, she comes to a crossroads. Things can go one of two ways for her and everyone around her:

1. SHE GETS A CHANCE. She gets educated. She stays healthy and HIV negative. Marries when she chooses. Raises a healthy family. She has the opportunity to raise the standards of living for herself and her family.

Or…

2. NONE OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN. She is illiterate. Married off. Is isolated. Is pregnant. Vulnerable to HIV. She and her family are stuck in a cycle of poverty.

The clock is ticking…

Please join us in supporting the Girl Effect Organization.  “The world could use a good kick in the pants!”

Mommy there's MONSTERS under the BED........

Truth That Hurts......

Now this is an image that matches my thoughts,

 exactly to describe what I dealt with as a child.

I could not have came up with any better graphic than this artist has.

As a child I was terrified of the dark and the unknown 

characters that my ABUSER put into my head. 

I slept with a stick under my bed, because my Father had promised me

that it would keep all the Bad imaginary monsters far away from me

and I would be free to sleep safely through the night.

Boy what a lot of faith I put in  my Father, it did pacified my mind and

 allow me the security it took to be able to fall asleep, adequate
 sleep is just as important for a child as nutrition is 

in order for them to develop as expected.  

Development of the mind from beginning to end is a never ending process, 

which any traumatic experience is consequentially life altering,

The after effects may take years to even begin to show, 

depending on the individuals ability to conceptually intake

 the feelings felt front he remembrance of the pain. 

Secondary damages also exist long after the actual abuse takes place. 

 Toni L.Vossen 2013

Child Sexual Abuse

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Child Sexual Abuse

In the United States, approximately 1 out of every 4 girls and 1 out of every 6 boys is sexually abused.a Seventy to 73% of child sexual abusers report experiencing sexual abuse in their own childhood.e Approximately 60% of sexual abusers are known to the child but are not family members, such as family friends, babysitters, or neighbors.c Approximately 30% of sexual abusers are family members, such as fathers, mothers, brothers, uncles, or cousins.d It is estimated that less than half of all sexual assaults on children are reported to the police.g According to the APA, women are the abusers in about 14% of cases reported among boys and 6% of cases reported among girls.g A man in Melbourne, Australia, raped his daughter every day for 30 years from the 1970s until 2007. He fathered her four children, all who had severe birth defects.  An Austrian man, Josef Fritz, kept his daughter imprisoned in a basement for 24 years and fathered seven children with her.b The World Health Organization reports that 150 million girls and 73 million boys under 18 experienced forced sexual intercourse and other forms of sexual violence globally in 2002.p While the murder rate for minors is twice as high in low-income countries than in higher income countries, sexual abuse in the home is found in all countries. In many industrialized countries, as many as 36% of women and 20% of men said they have been the victim of sexual abuse as children, mostly within the family circle.p According to WHO, 1.8 million children are involved in pornography and prostitution. Over 1.2 million children have been trafficked.p Males, especially children, are less likely to disclose abuse than females

Trauma Therapy: Family Dysregulation - Part 5

Truth That Hurts...... Toni L.Vossen 2013