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Help protect children from sexual abuse by helping to create awareness of sexual offenses.

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Latest Activity: Sep. 9, 2009

Protect our Children | Help Create Awareness of Sexual Offenses

Sexual offeses happen every day. In America it is occuring more frequently because children, and abused children, sometimes lie about their age in order to find a feeling of affection that their parents are not providing... or even to mask feelings of hurt because of a family members abuse.

This group has been created to help create awareness of not only sexual preditors, but also to help create awareness that you MUST check the ID of any person you are considering having sexual relations with. It is also a great place to discuss child abuse because that is the leading cause for our children lying about their age in order to find affection elsewhere.

As Celts we are often faced with honorable challenges. Become the Hero!
I urge you to join me and pick up your sword (pen) once again to help create awareness in the world that our children are at risk of becoming sexually abused!

Newspaper Article Program

A newspaper article can go a LONG way! Simply by placing an ad in the paper you can help create awareness that people need to talk to their children about the proper ways to find affection and keep them from lying about their age as well as enticing sexual preditors to re-commit sexual offences.

I'm pulling out all the stops on this one. I'll be working with some popular authors in order to write and publish articles for newspapers and magazines. You will soon find articles here in which you can use to publish in your local newspapers. Please do not put this asside. Articles are cheap AND THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE!

At risk youth | Protect our children from sexual offenses.

Discussion Forum

Warning Signs of a Child Seeking Affection 1 Reply

Started by Celtic Networks. Last reply by Ceilidh MacNaughton May. 30, 2009.

Child Safety in the UK

Started by Celtic Networks May. 30, 2009.

Comment Wall

Comment by Brian on May 30, 2009 at 4:01am: Could a link to "Child Line" be made through this group. This is UK based.
It covers things like, Bullying, Gangs, Peer Pressure, Abuse.
www.childline.org.uk

Comment by The Celtic Myth Podshow on May 31, 2009 at 12:26pm: The NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) in the UK have a phone line for people to call if they are worried about the welfare of a child/children. More details can be found at http://www.nspcc.org.uk/

Comment by The Celtic Myth Podshow on May 31, 2009 at 12:39pm: Another super website is Kidsmart. This website focus's on child safety and technology including mobile phones and the internet. They advise kids, parents and anyone working with kids. They also give details of where you can report inappropriate contact or websites on the internet. More Information can be found at http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/

Comment by Renee Love {emerald princess} on June 1, 2009 at 10:55am: I am really happy to see a group like this here. Two women in my family have been sexually assaulted as young children. I was one of them. I have been a staunch supporter of anything like this. Thanks so very much! Peace!

Comment by Theresa M. Lennon on June 4, 2009 at 8:47pm: I've been advocating for other survivors on the web for upwards of ten years now. I went through rape when I was about 8 and then moved in with my dad who did "hands-off" kind of sexual abuse until I moved out at 17. Since I've been very publicly speaking out against it I've had many people basically tell me to "shush" (except not necessarily so politely) but I have not been attacked.

I don't think I'm alone as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse in being way too tolerant of sexual abuse as an adult. I put up with three years of serious sexual abuse and rape from my ex husband, too, after I moved out of my dad's house and was in the Navy. There simply isn't enough information out there that is accessible to children! I didn't know that "hands-off" kind of sexual abuse was even illegal when I was going through it, and I had no idea that adult women could be sexually abused. These things went past the statute of limitations before I realized I probably had a case....

I don't do rape exams. I think people who tolerate them in order to jail their attackers are very brave. I, however, can't stand them. And I've found out that DA's won't take cases without them usually. Isn't that kinda forcing the whole issue on survivors? Don't get me started on lawyers.....

I have good links and information and opinions about perpetrators on my survivor's site http://beenraped.bravehost.com