Well as you can tell I have came to the end of my project or should I say I have came to a conclusion/answer to my question! As you read before my question is how can we get kids to have the courage to come forward about their abuse? I have learned so many different things about the topic child abuse as a whole. During my quest of finding my answer I have had some parts of it that came very easy as I have had dead ends on where I did't know where to go next but I have found a loop whole out of it and I feel confident that I have found the answer!
I enjoyed doing this project as I found out a lot of child abuse that I didn’t know before. One fact that I have found interesting was that 84% of inmates were abused as children! Also another cool fact I have found was that Families with four or more children have higher rates of abuse and neglect, especially if their living conditions are crowded or they live in isolated areas. (baltimorecountymd.com) So those are some things I have learned on this journey of finding my answer.
I have had a lot of others opinions on this project which helped me find my answer. What I came up with is there is no standard way of a kid opening up, it all depends on the child, everyone is different (there personality ect…). Some kids open up right away and some kids or young adults will open up after they get to know you, when they trust you they might open up to you and tell you about there abuse.
When I thought I was done and came up with my answer is stated above my teacher mr.malley asked me what my answer was and I told him and so then he asked me what can I do about it? And also how do you know if someone is being abused (bedsides obvious things) so I thought about it I went and researched I found that some other signs of abuse are becoming withdrawn, secretive or very clingy, a fear of adults, problems in school, nightmares and bedwetting, aggression or antisocial behavior, self harm a eating disorder drug and alcohol problem and suicidal behavior. So I thought those were some really important facts. The other question he had was what could I do? I really did t find anything on that because over this whole process I have found many of places such as crisis centers that help abused kids and there is a lot of awareness. Only thing that I have really found was that is what I stated before as my answer to the big question “how can we get kids to come forward on there abuse?” which is to get to know the child and when they trust you they just might tell you!The simple question of how do you get the child to trust you is just as how do you gain trust from one of your friends, be honest and reliable in all that you say and do seek not to control, be a "friend" do not reveal confidence do not gossip I’m sure these are all things your parents have already told you. This is the only way I can explain what I mean about to get a child to trust you and they might come out about there abuse.
So basically in conclusion I think I have answered my question the best to my ability I answered the questions people might have when they read my blogs and my final answer. I have had some problems finding theses answers expecally toward the end! Times when I was really confused but I think in the end I did pretty good to accomplish my goal of finding my answer to the question what can we do to get kids to have the courage to come forward on their abuse?
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I think this is a great topic in which alot of kids have to deal with. Its not easy for kids to tell but i agree with you first they got to trust you and know that what you tell them that you wont go and just tell someone else.That is why you have to communicate with them as much as you can ,open then open,try to make them see a new world a better world a world where you will be able to do something about it and then be free from abuse.And have the words to say im free I can finally live and be happy .
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