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Witness Abuse and Your Child or Children

In the SHM Community Forums, Jimmy shared some thoughts about how domestic abuse can be considered child abuse. He said, "Did you know that domestic violence wintessed by a child is considered child abuse by many experts?" The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence has designated October asDomestic Violence Awareness Month. Moreover, the recently publicized divorceproceedings of...

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When Nudity in Art is Equal to Pornography

In the SHM Community Forums, Jimmy shared newsletter article written by Dr. Klein. It involves a story about a teacher who had been fired for exposing her students to the artfulness of nude art in a museum. He wrote: Sidney McGee, a popular art teacher with 28 years in the classroom, has been fired for leading her fifth-grade classes through the Dallas Museum of Art. It's the result of an...

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Do Children Have Orgasms?

In the Community SHM Forums, Manuel responded to one forum member who was worried about her 5 year old kid who seemed to have some sexual reactions while doing sexual actions like thumping and rubbing.  He wrote: Self stimulation is normal and natural, just like picking your nose or scratching your butt. However, our particular society (and many others but not all) consider it unacceptable, so...

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Spanking Your Children

In the SHM Community Forums, Manuel shared some thoughts regarding what experts think about spanking. He said: There's an article in SelfhelpMagazine that deserves some discussion. It's about spanking children – which is an issue that was near and dear to me as a child (because I was beaten frequently) and also because it's an incredible meta-analysis of over 88 other...

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Dealing with Bullying

In the forums, here's Dini's advice about bullies.  He wrote: Hi Purple Lilacs and Welcome,First of all, I gotta say that you should not feel at all embarassed. As someone getting up there myself, I understand the feeling of "I can't believe I'm X years of age and I'm STILL dealing with this or not over that" or whatever – sometimes I too feel embarassed...

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Understanding Child's Violent Thoughts

In the forums, Jimmy advised one member about her daughter who had started developing destructive thoughts such as killing her grandmother. He said: Welcome to our community. Children speak in many convoluted and muffled ways. Given the information you've provided, I would speak to a professional about this. Obviously she is trying to communicate something too profound for her words to...

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