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Devil's Alphabet, the sadistic challenge that seriously hurts children

I remember when I was little and I had to get up every morning to go to school ... My sheets didn't stick, I didn't get lazy, and I didn't argue with my mother! My school was a place where I was happy: I played with my friends, learned new things, had fun ... That is why, when I listen and read news about the different practices that many students do to their classmates there, I suffer thinking if my daughters will ever get to participate -actively or passively- in some of these games and I am afraid of what they might experience at school.

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Devil's Alphabet, the sadistic challenge that seriously hurts children

2020

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What to do when the child does not want to defend himself

2020

Many parents are frustrated when their child is attacked or bullied at school but does nothing about it or does not want to defend himself. Bullying is something very difficult for the victim to cope with and it can be traumatic, it is essential that the situation be redirected as soon as possible to avoid negative consequences on the victim's self-esteem.

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How gender violence affects children

2020

More than 180,000 children are exposed to gender violence in Spain alone. The data is not worrying: it is chilling. Children who will have nightmares for the rest of their lives. Children who will bow their heads, even when they are older, to a scream, or who will become future abusers. And they will yell and hit.

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When children are the executioners of gender violence

2020

They are victims but they become executioners. Children who live in homes where their mother is abused on a daily basis, can eventually go from being mere bystanders to becoming cruel abusers. This sad reality is sometimes tried to camouflage, but in some cases it reappears in the form of terrible parricides.

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How are the drawings of children who are victims of sexual abuse

2020

Without a doubt, sexual abuse tops the list of the worst things that a child can go through and one of those that can have the greatest negative impact on their lives. It is something that worries parents, because children do not usually tell it. This time we want to give you a list of possible warning signs to detect child abuse and a tool, the drawing, to discover if children are victims of sexual abuse.