This post is sponsored by PreventChildAbuse.org
Child Abuse Prevention Month is a great time to reflect. We are coming out of a two-year global pandemic where nerves were raw, families were stuck in close quarters together, and added stress was at an all-time high.
What we can do, right now:
-Ask for help if you need it. I got lucky and was able to move into a community where we look after each other and our kids. If you see something, say something, but in a way that is supportive of your neighbor, not judgmental.
-Reach out in your community, and the surrounding communities. Educate ourselves regarding the tools available and share that information. Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAAmerica) offers the Healthy Family America home visiting service. Get that information out to the neighborhoods that need it the most.
-Volunteer at a shelter, foodbank, or other community service. My 87-year-old mom helps out at the foodbank at her local synagogue. It helps to give her purpose, and it gives my dad a few hours break from his wife of 66 years!
-We have elected leaders at all levels, and in NYC, whenever they want my vote, they appear in my neighborhood. Come armed with knowledge and ask them to advocate for support for families that need extra help and family-friendly policies like paid leave and child tax credits. Let them know if they want your vote, they have to earn it with policies that support the community.
–Donate to organizations like PCA America that help!
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Make sure to help on April 27th, Digital Advocacy Day!
This is the PCA America’s third annual Digital Advocacy Day. Visit the webpage to find out simple ways for you to support children and families, so all young folks have a fighting chance at the best possible life!
It’s a day to ask for support from your elected representatives. This year’s goal is to get the bipartisan Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV Program) reauthorized, and to increase its funding. We can help to educate our lawmakers, we are the voters, we can effect change by contacting these folks and asking for money and telling them exactly how it will help to prevent child abuse, which can then save millions of dollars in social costs. And it produces useful members of society, who will then vote! Let these Congresspeople see this is a win-win for themselves, and for our society!
-April is my birthday month. Throughout the year I see all my Facebook friends’ birthdays, and always send well wishes. Sometimes I donate to their causes. I will be fundraising for PCA America this year, feel free to support as well by planting a pinwheel!
-Designate a portion of funds from any community fundraiser to help this cause!
-Support your family, friends, and community!
Don’t be shy, get out into your community! We are all in this together!
A huge milestone for our blended family, our son becomes a man!
Thanks for sharing this! Awareness is key! Our community places blue pinwheels on our City Hall lot to help!
April is also my birthday month. No child should have to suffer, so we need to get the word out.
This is such an important cause. No child should ever be abused and more people should be there to help.
Thanks so much for sharing and spreading awareness.
No child should suffer from abuse, Thanks for sharing ways we all can help.
I just love this post. As a former school principal, I often had to make calls reporting abuse. I didn’t like it, but I disliked the abuse even more.
No child should suffer or abuse, this is such a really great post. Thanks for sharing this with us!
I love this campaign but the family court system is very broken when it comes to abuse in a marriage that involves children. The courts do not recognize any abuse unless it’s physical. We all know that mental, emotional, and spiritual abuse happens in homes with children. I even had proof of said abuse and it was documented by a counselor but nothing mattered.
Great post! Awareness is so important! The system can be so broken!
It’s awful how people get away with these things. It helps to make sure we increase awareness and support those helping children and families.
It’s important to support organizations like PCA America. They can do a lot for those in need!
Children are the innocent ones and need to be protected by all means. Thanks for sharing this!
This blog post was very well-written. Thanks for sharing! Solar