
{"id":22035,"date":"2011-11-23T10:43:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T15:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=22035"},"modified":"2011-11-23T10:43:38","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T15:43:38","slug":"letter-child-sexual-abuse-preventable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/11\/23\/letter-child-sexual-abuse-preventable\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Child sexual abuse preventable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent controversy over allegations of child sexual abuse at Penn State University brings to light a sobering and poorly understood issue. Sexual abuse is every parent\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worst nightmare, and understandably so. Experts estimate that one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused, most by someone the family knows and trusts. The impact can be devastating. Survivors are at an increased risk for drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, PTSD and even violent crime. Youth-serving organizations fear few things more than finding evidence of sexual abuse within their own ranks.<br \/>\nThe good news is that prevention is possible. Teaching children about personal safety is an important first step, and schools in Orange County have made abuse prevention a priority.<br \/>\nSeveral agencies in this community, including the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA and the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, are also leading a countywide initiative to train adults in child-protective strategies. Every parent can benefit from learning these skills for keeping their children safe.<br \/>\nWe hope that parents, teachers, child-care providers and other concerned adults in the community will join us in prioritizing prevention so our community remains a safe place for children.<br \/>\nLearn more about adults\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 role in protecting children by visiting chcymca.org\/d2l, or call OCRCC at 968-4647.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Valentine<br \/>\n<em>Rape Prevention Education Coordinator, Orange County Rape Crisis Center<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent controversy over allegations of child sexual abuse at Penn State University brings to light a sobering and poorly understood issue. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22044,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22035\/revisions\/22044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}