Nick Middaugh
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No. And I, and that's something too, like as a, you know, as somebody who goes through CSA, when you have kids, I mean, I think everybody fears their kids having something like that happen to them.
No. And I, and that's something too, like as a, you know, as somebody who goes through CSA, when you have kids, I mean, I think everybody fears their kids having something like that happen to them.
No. And I, and that's something too, like as a, you know, as somebody who goes through CSA, when you have kids, I mean, I think everybody fears their kids having something like that happen to them.
Well, so when I, when I talk about, um, when we talked about disclosure earlier, I wanted to say like, I went 19 years without saying anything. And then I told my wife when my, um, oldest boy started walking. So as a new dad, I'm sitting there and I'm watching him walk and I'm like, Oh my God. Um, this is my number one fear. You know, this should happen. Could it not be?
Well, so when I, when I talk about, um, when we talked about disclosure earlier, I wanted to say like, I went 19 years without saying anything. And then I told my wife when my, um, oldest boy started walking. So as a new dad, I'm sitting there and I'm watching him walk and I'm like, Oh my God. Um, this is my number one fear. You know, this should happen. Could it not be?
Well, so when I, when I talk about, um, when we talked about disclosure earlier, I wanted to say like, I went 19 years without saying anything. And then I told my wife when my, um, oldest boy started walking. So as a new dad, I'm sitting there and I'm watching him walk and I'm like, Oh my God. Um, this is my number one fear. You know, this should happen. Could it not be?
And, uh, you know, some of the research that I've done suggests that, um,
And, uh, you know, some of the research that I've done suggests that, um,
And, uh, you know, some of the research that I've done suggests that, um,
men in particular regarding this issue have like a difficult time um maintaining relationships and especially when they step into a parental role they have a lot of fear around approaching that topic because it happened to them and those relational struggles can really dampen your ability to be a parent in my case when you're sloppy drunk it just adds to it but um
men in particular regarding this issue have like a difficult time um maintaining relationships and especially when they step into a parental role they have a lot of fear around approaching that topic because it happened to them and those relational struggles can really dampen your ability to be a parent in my case when you're sloppy drunk it just adds to it but um
men in particular regarding this issue have like a difficult time um maintaining relationships and especially when they step into a parental role they have a lot of fear around approaching that topic because it happened to them and those relational struggles can really dampen your ability to be a parent in my case when you're sloppy drunk it just adds to it but um
You know, you fast forward to eventually I told my mom and dad four years later, but with my kids, my seven-year-old recently had a piece of paper sent home kind of discussing some of those issues. From the school? From the school, yeah. Really? Yeah.
You know, you fast forward to eventually I told my mom and dad four years later, but with my kids, my seven-year-old recently had a piece of paper sent home kind of discussing some of those issues. From the school? From the school, yeah. Really? Yeah.
You know, you fast forward to eventually I told my mom and dad four years later, but with my kids, my seven-year-old recently had a piece of paper sent home kind of discussing some of those issues. From the school? From the school, yeah. Really? Yeah.
It goes over, you know, like, hey, nobody should want to see you naked. Adults shouldn't be trying to get you to keep secrets. And it was a good little bit of information. So me and him had that discussion with that paper in hand and it helped. But as somebody who went through it, I had a more developed conversation with him after that.
It goes over, you know, like, hey, nobody should want to see you naked. Adults shouldn't be trying to get you to keep secrets. And it was a good little bit of information. So me and him had that discussion with that paper in hand and it helped. But as somebody who went through it, I had a more developed conversation with him after that.
It goes over, you know, like, hey, nobody should want to see you naked. Adults shouldn't be trying to get you to keep secrets. And it was a good little bit of information. So me and him had that discussion with that paper in hand and it helped. But as somebody who went through it, I had a more developed conversation with him after that.
And the main thing that I told him was, hey, you know, no matter what happens to you or no matter what you do, You can come to me with anything. I love you beyond measure. There is nothing that could ever happen to you that would change that. What if he was collecting human heads in jars? I'd be visiting him in prison. Would you turn him in? Depends. What kind of heads are we talking?
And the main thing that I told him was, hey, you know, no matter what happens to you or no matter what you do, You can come to me with anything. I love you beyond measure. There is nothing that could ever happen to you that would change that. What if he was collecting human heads in jars? I'd be visiting him in prison. Would you turn him in? Depends. What kind of heads are we talking?