Monsters Are Real : Listen

MONSTERS ARE REAL

On Monday, Billy didn’t have his homework

And when the teacher asked him why

He said, “Because a monster ripped it up,

After I told him a lie.”

“You know monsters don’t exist,

And if you don’t turn in your homework

No recess you will get

On Tuesday, Billy had a stomachache

And when the teacher asked him why

He said, “A monster took away my dinner,

even my cherry pie.”

“Billy, I’ve told you once before,

Monsters are not real.

You’ll have to wait till lunchtime

Before you get a meal.”

On Wednesday, Billy had a bandage,

Which covered his right eye.

When the teacher asked him how it happened,

This was his reply:

“A monster was running after me

When I ran into the door:”

“Billy please,” the teacher said,

“I don’t want to hear any more.”

On Thursday, Billy refused to sit down,

And when the teacher asked him why,

Billy said, “A monster whipped my bottom,

Because I started to cry,”

“Billy, said the teacher,

” this is getting out of hand,

And if you continue with these stories,

In the corner you will stand.”

On Friday, Billy didn’t come to school,

And when the teacher found out why,

She said a little prayer to God

In hopes Billy would survive.

For a monster had beaten Billy

and threatened him with a knife.

Now Billy lay in a hospital bed,

Fighting for his life.

So teachers please remember,

That monsters are for real.

Listen closely to kids stories,

A wounded heart you may heal

Author Unknown…

*The Pain To Children is All Too Real… I found this and felt I had to share it!

How To Talk To Your Kids About Sexual Abuse | HuffPost

Looking back on the Larry Nassar scandal, we spoke to experts about how to address these difficult issues with kids of all ages.
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No Visible Bruises: Domestic Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury | The New Yorker

In the first version of her story, Grace Costa says that, on the night after Christmas, in 2012, her ex-boyfriend broke into her house, hid behind her bedroom door, and then attacked her as she and her two grown children—a son and a daughter—were about to eat dinner. In the second version, it’s still the
— Read on www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-unseen-victims-of-traumatic-brain-injury-from-domestic-violence

Amid immigration debate, top teachers gather to protest child detention | PBS NewsHour

Some of the nation’s top teachers recently gathered in El Paso, Texas, to speak out against the government’s practice of detaining children who cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Dismissing the notion that they shouldn’t get involved in political advocacy, teachers said they see some U.S. policy and procedures as “abusive.” Special correspondent Kavitha Cardoza of Education Week reports.
— Read on www.pbs.org/newshour/show/amid-immigration-debate-top-teachers-gather-to-protest-child-detention

Andrew Cuomo signs Child Victims Act into law

A very good thing .

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act into law, making it easier for New Yorkers who were victims of sex abuse as kids to sue for damages as adults.
— Read on nypost.com/2019/02/14/cuomo-signs-law-allowing-child-sex-abuse-victims-to-sue-as-adults/

Domestic abusers and stalkers should sign national register like sex offenders, commons report says

The secretive , destruction deserves acknowledgment .

Domestic abusers and stalkers should be forced to sign a national register like sex offenders, a cross-party parliamentary report has said.
— Read on www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/21/domestic-abusers-stalkers-should-sign-national-register-like/

Deported parents may lose kids to adoption, investigation finds

An Associated Press investigation identified holes in the system that allow judges to grant custody of migrant children to American families.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/deported-parents-may-lose-kids-adoption-investigation-finds-n918261

Depression Symptoms Can Include Anger, And That’s Often Misunderstood : Shots – Health News : NPR

An over used/ abused word ..

Physicians have been taught to look for signs of hopelessness, sadness and lack of motivation to help them diagnose depression. But anger as a depression symptom is less often noticed or addressed.
— Read on www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/04/689747637/if-youre-often-angry-or-irritable-you-may-be-depressed

When the kind parent is the targeted scapegoat

Tears flowed freely reading this , so much has been

evoked, and still each stands as is, not one true act

of family..quite the opposite …still.. Self revealing

and bound , with holding in secrets that uphold lies

and abuses sanctioned and supported in a corruption

of souls that decided I should be targeted .

Judges and critics , mentored children to dispose of me

and their survival required my living death . It’s very

hard to ignore , as my finances have been adversely affected

and still he threatens .

Adult Children with Cluster B personalities tend to use and abuse loving parents. Learn how to help them and yourself by setting healthy lifestyle boundaries.
— Read on flyingmonkeysdenied.com/2016/04/15/when-the-kind-parent-is-the-targeted-scapegoat/