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Alice Munro's story shows it's time for a child protection revolution benjaminperksblog.home.blog/2025/04/28/e...

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In conversation with Trish Daly of @nytimes.com on #TraumaProof today

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Imagine a world where instead of culture wars or trade wars, we fight to finally make preventable death a thing of the past. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

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The halving of child mortality is perhaps humanity's greatest accomplishment. Millions of children survive each year because of global consensus & action. This international architecture is now being dismantled by dramatic, sweeping funding cuts. shorturl.at/XhBHb

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It’s difficult viewing, but the 4-part series may be the most consequential show since 1984, when 60 million Americans watched Something About Amelia break a public taboo on child sexual abuse & unleash a wave of investment in child protection systems. A short piece on Adolescence. wp.me/paTxIw-1la

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#Adolescence on #Netflix deftly portrays how the incendiary collision of unresolved, unintentional family trauma & the onset of teenage brain development renders kids vulnerable to predatory extremism & violence. A deadly, but highly preventable social problem

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Honoured to be featured in the @TheLancet today, ahead of the North America launch of Trauma Proof next month www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Hearts go out to all those grieving loved ones or affected by serious injury in the #kocanifire🇲🇰

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“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

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Most trauma lives in ordinary looking families & occurs automatically across generations, often without intent to harm. Ultimately there is no such thing as a normal family. Prevention needs to be universal & #ForEveryChild. Together we can build a #TraumaProof world.

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Political movements built on aggregating trauma and grievance always make things worse for the people they claim to serve.

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Children in Uganda speak out on violence & suggest alternatives 'I feel bad when I am caned for minor minor mistakes' 'This caning can lead to serious injuries' 'Guide & counsel me, show me where I have done wrong. No severe punishments' 📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5ZmnnGLMI @HSCmediaUg

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Libraries are great for the books, sure, but it's also nice to have a quiet and safe space to sit and think- a place where no one is trying to sell you anything.

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Crucial findings from the @unibirmingham.bsky.social shed light on the impact of social media school bans on adolescents. Reduced time on social media enhances learning, wellbeing & behavioral outcomes, but relying solely on school bans doesn't work. lnkd.in/etJgu_-z.

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If I were the stock market I simply wouldn't open tomorrow.

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When Congressman John Lewis was a child, he tried to get a library card. He was turned away & told “The Library is not for coloureds” 💔 He’s a civil rights icon, lover of books, recipient of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. “The Library IS for Everyone” 💚 #BlackHistoryMonth

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Dame Esther Rantzen is one of my heroes. She unleashed a child protection revolution on Britain in the 1980s, bringing the taboo of child abuse to public consciousness. She gave voice to the victims and shape to how society should protect them. I am honored to get her praise for Trauma Proof.

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I love @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social #RoryStewart & @therestpolitics.bsky.social but for the third time in weeks they placed victims of #Grooming & church abuse at the periphery rather than the centre of the story

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Every child asks three things about their teacher each day:1) Can I trust you? 2) Do you believe I can succeed? 3) Do you care about me? #ForEveryChild Proper #learning with a dedicated, committed #Teacher

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AI is not the only massively consequential scientific advance of our era. Our new understanding of how to improve childhoods can minimize risk for poor mental & physical health, violence, addiction and obesity & transform societies for the better. #TraumaProof bit.ly/4jkgmAC

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Don't Politicize Grooming, Eradicate It -A short blog benjaminperksblog.home.blog/2025/01/11/i...

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My essay in the @telegraphnews.bsky.social on how we can be child trauma as one of the world’s costliest social problems. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...

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Delighted to speak with Mellissa Fleming on the Awake At Night podcast ahead of the UK launch of my book Trauma Proof. bit.ly/4iXqMpA

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While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

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Like poverty, emotional neglect & abuse drive education inequality. Schools & communities that make every child know they matter are safer, fairer & more prosperous.

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The tragic death of #SaraSharif is heartbreaking. Can’t help but think it could have been prevented if child protection systems were much better resourced & respected & if the UK joined other countries in outlawing #corporalpunishment & #homeschooling

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Urgent work must now begin to ensure this peace in Lebanon is sustained. Children deserve stability, hope, and a chance to rebuild their futures. UNICEF will continue to stand with them every step of the way.

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Thank you @euanwilmshurst.bsky.social

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I had truly intended to compose a profound first post on @bsky.app, but then I saw this probable #Thanksgiving fugitive on the way to the train in #Bronxville #NewYork

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