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This video shows how a kid was tricked to remove his clothes in just 5 minutes. It's high time you talk about sexual abuse to your child.
This video shows how a kid was tricked to remove his clothes in just 5 minutes. It’s high time you talk about sexual abuse to your child.
Parents are the doting lovers of their children. They look after them and leave no stone unturned to get nothing but the best for their beloveds. Parents do this as they know that their child is completely dependent on them for everything. As the kid tries to make some sense of the world, it is the parent who always has to come to the rescue. The protective spirit of a parent always acts as a shield against all that can cause any harm the child.
Even then the reports of some tragic attacks on these little ones continue to surface. In the recent years there has been a spurt in these crimes. All the advancements in technology and availability of high-tech gadgets are failing the parents in their attempt to safeguard their child from the horror of child abuse. According to statistics of 2014, 53% of children are victims of sexual abuse, which is nothing short of a parent’s worst nightmare. As children are vulnerable and gullible they end up being the soft targets.
The best way to empower them is to talk to them at length about how they can be attacked and demonstrate the difference between a good and a bad touch. Kids might be impressionable, but they are also very instinctive. You might get surprised as to how quickly they grasp these nuances to raise the alarm at the right time. Don’t wait till the eleventh hour or for them to grow up as the little they are, the more endangered they are. Don’t hesitate to take this important step towards your child’s safety. A single incident of indecent behaviour from someone else can lead to serious repercussions on the psyche of the little one.
If you are going an extra mile in all the different aspects of parenthood, why leave the most important aspect; which is to teach them how to protect themselves. You can’t be there with them at all times. Make your child self-sufficient and reject the shame. Watch this video by PuraniDili Talkies that talk about good touch and bad touch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGW7cN4J6aU
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If her MIL had accepted her with some affection, wouldn't they have built a mutually happier relationship by now?
The incident took place ten years ago.
Smita could visit her mother only in summers when her daughter had school holidays. Her daughter also enjoyed meeting her Nani, and both of them had done their reservations for a week. A month before their visit, her husband told her, “My mom is coming for 4-5 months!”
Smita shuddered. She knew the repercussions. She would have to hear sarcastic comments from her mother-in-law for visiting her mother. She may make these comments directly only a bit, but her servants would be flooded with the words, “How horrible she is! She leaves me and goes!”
Are we so swayed by star power and the 'entertainment' quotient of cinema that satisfies our carnal instincts that we choose to ignore our own subconscious mind which always knows what is right and what is wrong?
Trigger Warning: This has graphic descriptions of violence and may be triggering to survivors and victims of violence.
Do you remember your first exposure to an extremely violent act or the aftermath of a violent act?
I am pretty sure for most of us it would be through cinema. But I remember very vividly my first exposure to aftermath of an unbelievably grotesque violent act in real life. It was as a student at a Dental College and Hospital.
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