It's Tuesday morning, and I'm truly enjoying the cooler weather. I know soon it will go from cool to cold, but that's ok too, because then I can bundle up and drink my hot peppermint tea and feel all cozy and such.
It's been wonderful to see the outpouring of love and concern for the families at Fort Hood. The memorial service is today, I hope and pray for the families and Ft. Hood community at large that all goes well today and that there are no unwanted incidents.
Little Alex Mercado, the 4 year old boy who was molested and killed by his 14 year old next door neighbor was laid to rest yesterday. When you have this kind of loss in a small community it hits everyone hard. These kind of situations are why we work so hard on behalf of children and teens everywhere to get our education into any group and organization that works with children so they can provide the life skills that can help keep these dear ones from experiencing the horrors of sexual abuse, abduction and exploitation.
I have been pondering a great deal lately on how to find out the statistics that connect possible suicides and runaways with sexual abuse cases. I have felt for a long time that there is a direct link between children and teens being molested on an on-going basis and behaviors that include suicide, running away, child prostitution and drug / alcohol addictions. If anyone knows where I might find any related statistics I'd greatly appreciate it.
Working hard to finish two bully prevention booklets for the 5-9 age group and an manual for both Elementary age and Middle/High School age groups. Plan to launch them in January along with our other updated programs. I'm keeping the nose to the grindstone because there are so many projects on the desk I can't afford to play too much.
The Army and National Guard are gearing up already for April's Child Abuse Prevention Month & Month of the Military Child. We're already getting calls from bases building their plan of action.
Well, better get busy its a beautiful day and I can't waist a minute of it. Thanks to all those new Twitter followers. We now in just 3 weeks have over 700 followers. Every one is appreciated. I'd love to hear from some of you on what you are now doing to educate your kids on personal safety and what we might be able to assist you in. Our website has a ton of information and our kid's websites as well.
Don't forget to visit http://www.safenetwork.org/, for kids http://www.kidtips101.org/ and for your teens http://www.safeteens101.org/
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