July Magazine 2012

If parents continue to tolerate abuse of any kind in their homes they are grooming their children to accept domestic violence. Unsacred people with their self-esteems fully intact do not accept abuse. If abuse happens once to someone who is not accustomed to their soul being trampled on, they will most likely leave. Domestic Violence can happen to anyone.

But there is a huge difference between one isolated incident and years of abuse.

After multiple years of abuse a person is powerless to leave because the emotional abuse has eroded their self-esteem so much that their wings have been clipped. It is always and option to leave “With God all things are possible.� Matthew 19:26 but there are more hurdles to cross.

How much simpler to live in a society where children are educated about abuse and what to do if they do encounter danger.

Parents need to begin talking to their young children about abuse and body safety. The average age children are approached by a perpetuator is at 4 years of age. This problem can not be passed off to the public schools, all though their support is always welcome. Children are being approached before they enter Kindergarten.

Parents can take the following steps to protect their children from unwanted touch: *Start talking to your child about unwanted touch before they are verbal.

If this is information they always have, it resonates with their soul. They will understand what you are saying even if they can not talk. Think of listening to a foreign language, you understand many words but speaking is difficult. *Tell children repeatedly that you want to know if someone touches them in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable. This someone can be anyone that you family knows, no one is off limits from being the someone.

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