Myrriah Gossett
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Ways to volunteer at your hospital or you they have board meetings, anything like that to just really advocate to have a system in place at your local hospital and to make sure that there are people who are trained specifically to recognize this type of abuse, I think.
Ways to volunteer at your hospital or you they have board meetings, anything like that to just really advocate to have a system in place at your local hospital and to make sure that there are people who are trained specifically to recognize this type of abuse, I think.
As Greta mentioned, there's an idea that is really rare, and I've said this multiple times when we interviewed Detective Michael from Texas. He gave us a stat that I, for my own mental health, had to immediately erase from my mind about how prevalent like child sexual abuse is now and how back in the 70s it was viewed as this thing that was very rare. It didn't happen. It was strangers.
As Greta mentioned, there's an idea that is really rare, and I've said this multiple times when we interviewed Detective Michael from Texas. He gave us a stat that I, for my own mental health, had to immediately erase from my mind about how prevalent like child sexual abuse is now and how back in the 70s it was viewed as this thing that was very rare. It didn't happen. It was strangers.
As Greta mentioned, there's an idea that is really rare, and I've said this multiple times when we interviewed Detective Michael from Texas. He gave us a stat that I, for my own mental health, had to immediately erase from my mind about how prevalent like child sexual abuse is now and how back in the 70s it was viewed as this thing that was very rare. It didn't happen. It was strangers.
And that is so not the case right now that we all are more aware of that. Right. And so he thinks where we were with the stats in the 70s around child sexual abuse is where We'll eventually get to when it comes to medical child abuse. And like when we talked to the child abuse pediatrician on the show this season, she mentioned, you know, it's her job to find that it's anything else.
And that is so not the case right now that we all are more aware of that. Right. And so he thinks where we were with the stats in the 70s around child sexual abuse is where We'll eventually get to when it comes to medical child abuse. And like when we talked to the child abuse pediatrician on the show this season, she mentioned, you know, it's her job to find that it's anything else.
And that is so not the case right now that we all are more aware of that. Right. And so he thinks where we were with the stats in the 70s around child sexual abuse is where We'll eventually get to when it comes to medical child abuse. And like when we talked to the child abuse pediatrician on the show this season, she mentioned, you know, it's her job to find that it's anything else.
Like that's her job as well. And she's like, and so often it's there's medical neglect, which is usually due to lack of resources, as Andrea mentioned. And then there's actual neglect. medical child abuse. And so you want someone who knows those differences and can discuss those nuances and say, hey, this isn't a parent that needs their kid taken away.
Like that's her job as well. And she's like, and so often it's there's medical neglect, which is usually due to lack of resources, as Andrea mentioned. And then there's actual neglect. medical child abuse. And so you want someone who knows those differences and can discuss those nuances and say, hey, this isn't a parent that needs their kid taken away.
Like that's her job as well. And she's like, and so often it's there's medical neglect, which is usually due to lack of resources, as Andrea mentioned. And then there's actual neglect. medical child abuse. And so you want someone who knows those differences and can discuss those nuances and say, hey, this isn't a parent that needs their kid taken away.
This is a parent that needs support and resources because they can't bring their kid to the doctor, right? Versus someone with factitious disorder who's using their kid as a part of their mental health disorder. So, yeah. So I think it's like you can advocate for better systems in place at your local hospitals to help recognize and flag this abuse when it's happening.
This is a parent that needs support and resources because they can't bring their kid to the doctor, right? Versus someone with factitious disorder who's using their kid as a part of their mental health disorder. So, yeah. So I think it's like you can advocate for better systems in place at your local hospitals to help recognize and flag this abuse when it's happening.
This is a parent that needs support and resources because they can't bring their kid to the doctor, right? Versus someone with factitious disorder who's using their kid as a part of their mental health disorder. So, yeah. So I think it's like you can advocate for better systems in place at your local hospitals to help recognize and flag this abuse when it's happening.
And then, yeah, be a safe adult for the kids in your community and around you.
And then, yeah, be a safe adult for the kids in your community and around you.
And then, yeah, be a safe adult for the kids in your community and around you.
Have you seen that meme that was like, why don't we ever get like, you know, there's a tradition of British television getting an American adaptation, but there's very rarely an American show that gets a British adaptation. And it was like the opening scene of Breaking Bad. And it was just them being like, yeah, here's your chemotherapy for your cancer. And then it was like full credits.
Have you seen that meme that was like, why don't we ever get like, you know, there's a tradition of British television getting an American adaptation, but there's very rarely an American show that gets a British adaptation. And it was like the opening scene of Breaking Bad. And it was just them being like, yeah, here's your chemotherapy for your cancer. And then it was like full credits.
Have you seen that meme that was like, why don't we ever get like, you know, there's a tradition of British television getting an American adaptation, but there's very rarely an American show that gets a British adaptation. And it was like the opening scene of Breaking Bad. And it was just them being like, yeah, here's your chemotherapy for your cancer. And then it was like full credits.