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#trauma
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 day agoHow to Talk About Childhood Issues Without Blaming the Parents
Unresolved parental trauma can manifest in children's psychiatric symptoms, perpetuating trauma across generations unless actively addressed.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoPsychology suggests the most reliable sign that someone had a difficult childhood isn't what they tell you about it - it's how startled they look when you are simply kind to them without a reason, as though kindness without a transaction attached is something the body recognizes as unusual before the mind has finished deciding what to do with it - Silicon Canals
Kindness can trigger confusion in those with a history of trauma due to learned survival responses from past experiences.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoPsychology suggests the most reliable sign that someone had a difficult childhood isn't what they tell you about it - it's how startled they look when you are simply kind to them without a reason, as though kindness without a transaction attached is something the body recognizes as unusual before the mind has finished deciding what to do with it - Silicon Canals
Kindness can trigger confusion in those with a history of trauma due to learned survival responses from past experiences.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
12 hours agoPsychology says the adult who has acquaintances but no close friends isn't failing socially - they're often someone who learned early that real closeness came with conditions, and a polite distance has always felt safer than the bill - Silicon Canals
Emotional distance in friendships often stems from conditioned avoidance learned in childhood, not a failure of social skills.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
13 hours agoBlack children in England and Wales almost eight times more likely to be strip-searched than white peers report
Black children in England and Wales are disproportionately strip-searched by police compared to white children, highlighting severe racial disparities.
OMG science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
20 hours agoFBI investigating possible links between deaths and disappearances of at least 10 scientists
The FBI is investigating connections among recent deaths and disappearances of scientists linked to government projects, amid growing speculation and no evidence of foul play.
Parenting
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoThe people who were praised for being mature as children and punished for being needy as adults, and the decades it takes to untangle which one was actually true - Silicon Canals
Maturity in children often reflects adult expectations, leading to long-term consequences for the child's emotional development.
Non-profit organizations
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 days agoWhat We Learned Supporting Fired Federal Workers (opinion)
An initiative was launched to support federal workers impacted by job cuts, providing free career advising and resources to over 1,000 individuals.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days agoArrest made over death of autistic girl, 7, found in golf course pond
Nyla was a non-verbal seven-year-old girl who had been diagnosed with autism. During the course of the excursion she passed through a gap in the fence and approached woodland close to Owston Golf Course.
UK news
#mass-shooting
US news
fromFortune
2 days ago8 children between the ages of 1 and 14 are dead after a Louisiana shooting that was 'unlike anything most of us have ever seen,' police say | Fortune
A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children and two others in a domestic violence mass shooting, marking the deadliest incident in over two years.
fromIndependent
2 days agoThe government adviser, a child victim and the mystery TD condemned by the Taoiseach for giving a court reference
The Taoiseach stated that it is not acceptable for public representatives to give character references in criminal cases of a sexual nature, highlighting the need to prioritize the victim's experience.
UK politics
UK politics
fromIndependent
2 days ago'Not acceptable' - Taoiseach decries decision by mystery TD to give character reference to ex-government adviser convicted of child exploitation
Public representatives should not provide character references in sexual crime cases, as it undermines the victim's experience and the severity of the crimes.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoThe people who talk about their childhood like it was fine but can't remember most of it aren't lying. The absence of memory and the absence of trauma feel identical from the inside until something cracks the seal, and by then the person has built an entire adult identity on the version where nothing happened. - Silicon Canals
Childhood amnesia affects memory retention, leading to a lack of vivid recollections from early years despite having a normal upbringing.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week agoFormer Orange County sheriff's deputy had child sexual abuse images on his phone, prosecutors say
Fernando Melo Flores, 40, faces up to four years and two months in prison if convicted on all counts. He was assigned to John Wayne Airport when he allegedly went to his ex-girlfriend's home at night and repeatedly called and texted her, prompting the woman to get a restraining order against him.
SF parents
Privacy professionals
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month agoChild seen in sex abuse videos identified after researcher spots school badge
Internet Watch Foundation researchers identified a child sexual abuse victim after years of searching by recognizing her school uniform in images, enabling police to locate and help her.
fromPsychology Today
1 month agoLanguage Matters When Talking About Child Sexual Abuse
Words such as 'relationship,' 'affair,' 'involvement,' or 'seeing each other' imply mutuality and consent. In the context of child sexual abuse, these implications are false. A child cannot legally or developmentally consent to sexual activity with an adult. Describing abuse using relational language risks distorting the inherent power imbalance and shifting perceived responsibility away from the adult perpetrator.
Psychology
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