I have written several times about the need educate on child sexual abuse, especially in the school systems. Here is a petition that is asking for this.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/532/299/857/ The more we educate on the signs and symptoms of sexual abuse the less likely children will have to suffer. This is what the petition says:
I am writing to urge you to take action to stop
child sex abuse in the United States today. After the horrific scandals
that have emerged in Penn State, Syracuse, and countless other
institutions, it is clear that training for educators on recognition of
child sex abuse needs to be federally mandated as soon as possible.
The majority of teachers are given no resources to recognize the
telltale signs of sex abuse in children. Instead, they may try to punish
behavioral issues such as acting out and withdrawing from schoolwork,
failing to realize that these issues are the child's only way of dealing
with a traumatic situation.
Please enact legislation to federally mandate a training program for
public educators on the recognition and prevention of child sex abuse.
Please take the time to go by, read and sign it. Thank you to
for doing this. Rosie
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