Vulnerability – The Internet Connection By Gauri
This post is not about physical sexual abuse of children but about a form of abuse which I believe is increasing by leaps and bounds in the world of today. This is a… Read More
This post is not about physical sexual abuse of children but about a form of abuse which I believe is increasing by leaps and bounds in the world of today. This is a… Read More
Yesterday, the whole family visited an amusement park with friends. Both of my children were totally absorbed in the experience and wandered around the place, in a heightened state of excitement. As I… Read More
Your anger and frustration at the world and life is understandable. But remember not to take it out on your children. The evils of the world your children may chance upon were not… Read More
It is something most of us parents take from granted, the child will be playing with a group of friends, there will be people all around, where is the scope for a potential… Read More
CSA often happens close to or inside the home. By familiar people. Sometimes while the parents or siblings are right in the next room. Home, familiarity and family cannot keep the child safe. So how… Read More
Years ago, when we were living in a smaller town, one day on my way back from school, I spotted Latha [ who was our maid Pattamma’s daughter] sitting near the gutter and… Read More
Bitter Chocolate is book by a journalist Pinki Virani, who has also authored a critically acclaimed novel Aruna’s Story. Bitter Chocolateis a book about Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in India, interspersed with facts,… Read More
Your child might not be abused but they might have Seen something happen to some other child, Talking is the best and most powerful tool we have. Understand this that Sometimes children do… Read More
He was kind to the boys, and insisted on meeting the friends and relatives of the boys. So every fun-fair day, or ‘fancy fete’ day, as it was called in those times, the… Read More
It took a while to understand that I wasn’t wrong in any of the above incidents and I have to speak up. Well, I was a teenager when I understood and it was… Read More