Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/the-child-abuse-storm-part-1-in-a-series/5012586/
Upon learning of the sexual abuse charges in the McMartin Child Care Center in California, Kelly's mother was concerned about the well-being of her own daughter, who also spent her days in a child care center. Kelly is reported to have remembered her mom telling her to be careful. But just telling your child to be careful without showing them how to be careful isn't enough. Within weeks of her mother's warning, Kelly Michaels was herself a suspect in a sexual abuse in child care investigation. You see, the Kelly in this case was Kelly Michaels, an aide in the Wee Care Child Care Center in New Jersey. Children are not the only ones who need better advice.What Kelly needed to know then is information that we only now are beginning to piece together. What caused the storm that hit in California, New Jersey, Texas, Pennsylvania, and so many other places?
What have we learned in the 15 years since we experienced the first of the storms surrounding accusations of abuse? Has the advice that I and others have offered about the threat been any more useful than Kelly got from her mom? Finally, does the threat of being falsely accused ...