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Misuse of Power Often
Leads to Sexual Abuse
.Yahoo reported today that nearly 14% of Catholic
schools are closing. Certainly much stress has been
placed on the Catholic Church due to punitive
payments for negligence and pedophilia. There are
several lessons to be learned.
1. If you donate your hard
earned dollars to a place of worship request that
the money is used for local service rather than
sent to fund corporate power and pay for other's
mistakes, crimes or bad judgement.
2. Never leave your child
unsupervised with an adult that you do not trust.
If someone is above reproach they will not object
to live video or audio recording of their
interactions with children. Insist on "Nanny
Cam."
3. Talk to your children
often, even know-it-all teenagers, about what to do
if someone threatens them, tries to blame them,
pretends they love them, or makes them feel afraid.
Really listen if your child tries to tell you
something happened as they often only try
once.
4. This is not the first
time a religious leader, political leader, teacher
or coach misused their power to damage children.
The same scenario happens to thousands of children
every day. Do not bury your head in the sand. As a
responsible adult you must be vigilant. Rather than
assume people are innocent when it comes to your
child's safety, protect your child first. Good
parents and kind people understand why you are so
protective. Guilty people will say you are being
silly and too cautious. Please tell them to go
straight to hell and put your child before school,
church organizations or community
opinion.
©2009, Molly
Barrow
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Dr. Molly
Barrow holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is
the author of the new book, Matchlines:
A revolutionary New Way of looking at relationships
and making the right choices in
love. She is an
authority on relationship and psychological topics,
a member of the American Psychological Association
and a licensed mental health counselor. Dr. Molly
has appeared as an expert on NBC, PBS, KTLA, and in
O Magazine, Psychology Today, Newsday, MSN.com,
Match.com, Women's Health and Women's World. Please
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