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I will warn readers - the author feels strongly and uses strong words. It's worth the read, and she suggests editing out the "foul language" before distributing it to children.
"I am sure every girl can recall, at least once as a child, coming home and telling their parents, uncle, aunt or grandparent about a boy who had pulled her hair, hit her, teased her, pushed her or committed some other playground crime. I will bet money that most of those, if not all, will tell you that they were told “Oh, that just means he likes you”.
When was it decided that we should start teaching our daughters to accept being belittled, disrespected and abused as endearing treatment? And we have the audacity to wonder why women stay in abusive relationships? How did society become so oblivious to the fact that we were conditioning our daughters to endure abusive treatment, much less view it as romantic overtures?"
I think this is a joke but am not sure--this article explains how to verbally abuse someone--not ocnfront them--what are your thoughts? Joke or not? (hint, read the entire article by clicking on the link before you respond--its shrot)
How to Verbally Confront Someone Using Verbal Abuse: 5 steps - wikiHow: "Verbal Abuse is a weapon that most people in the world use as a means to win a dispute and usually precede a more serious physical confrontation which could have legal consequences. Verbal Abuse is legal in most places so long it is not a repeated event and is not recorded or published as it may be considered "slander"."
I love t his campaign! what a perfect title. Maybe we should think of observing this in our communities?
Verbal abuse “can deaden someone from the inside out” · TheJournal.ie: "VICTIMS OF VERBAL abuse can suffer from mental and physical health issues – but it can be hard for them to name what they are experiencing, say Sonas Housing and Meath Women’s Refuge, who have launched their new campaign, Killing Me Softly With His Words, this week. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the affects of verbal abuse such as name-calling, insults, humiliation, intimidation, threatening comments and mind-games."
Verbal abuse on tape: "I put together this video to document what verbal abuse sounds like and what it feels like to me:
Domestic abuse caught on tape - YouTube
Despite what you hear, he is actually very involved as a father, but he's also very controlling of our kids' opinion about me. I'm afraid of what might happen if there is a custody battle.
Everyone else thinks he is the most wonderful guy in the world--he never acts like this outside our home. Because of this, for many years I thought I must be to blame, but I've finally decided there is no excuse for treating someone like this. The only problem is I have no good options at this point."
A friend just sent me the link to this woman's website and music. What an amazing example of what it is like to learn how to take care of myself. There's a warrior in me!
VS 1. There are days that I remember your eyes, filled with rage as you looked at me. I thought your anger was somehow my fault, and then…I murdered myself. I thought I must have been nothing, but those days are gone, I let go of you and given you back your thorns, and now I finally see, that there’s a Warrior in me!
CHORUS Everything I am Everything I know Everything I see Everything I’ll be is Inside of Me, Yeah…
Every time I cry Every time I scream Every time I love Every time I sing…Its inside, yeah it’s inside inside of me.
Yeah, you gave me your worst, and I fought with my best, and the Warrior, yeah this Warrior she lives on in me!
VS 2 Yes, you may have broke me. But all you showed me, was just how strong I am the warrior that is me. Yes, you may have cut me, but all that you taught me to see, is that my power to thrive and my will and my drive, and my heart as my guide, will live on eternally. Free to fly, with this Warrior in me!
CHORUS
Now I never thought I could find myself, I could free myself! I always thought I’d be in this pain again and again, locked in myself, chained to these walls, never again to feel any love at all!! But the Warrior, she freed me!
FINAL CHORUS Everything I am Everything I know Everything I see Everything I’ll be is Inside of Me, Yeah…
Every time I cry Every time I scream Every time I love Every time I sing…It’s inside, yeah it’s inside inside of me.
No, I never thought I could find myself, I would free myself, I fought you on this battleground, Now I was lost now I’m found, Yeah, you gave me your worst, and I fought with my best, and the Warrior, yeah this Warrior, she lives on in me! Yes, this warrior…is ME!
so many dream sites!!!!!! but still good. I'm glad to see that people keep dreaming and keep trying to aply their messages. this site has a dynamic dream dictionary that they increase by taking the definitions of their readers--that is simelar to ours, but of course ours increases by YOU dreaming and adding the content. Take a look--they're pretty good.
Dream Analysis and Interpretation - Understanding Dreams: "There are lots of misconceptions as to what dreams are. Som think it is a voice from beyond, others think it is your soul talking to you. Mainly it is your subconsious mind helping your conscious mind work through the events of your life. Understanding dreams are not hard, with simple logic most everyone can do it."
We have to make decisions about when to talk to kids about this sort of thing--the sooner they learn not to let anyone abuse them, the better--the healthier.
"Whenever they can answer yes and no, what the difference between yes and no," says Kathy McCurdy.
She says the conversations with her kids started simple, and early.
"She wa
s 2, he was 4. That we don't talk about private parts, no one looks, no one touches, any mention of that is a shut down just immediately say, I'll tell my mom.""
