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The Christchurch Civic
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Shoal Bay, NSW Now that Lynley Hood (Feb 20) has
entered the debate about Professor Freda Briggs, we know what this is really
all about - the continuing refusal of some Christchurch people to accept that
Peter Ellis was guilty. Training teachers and child-care
workers in child-protection does not result in false allegations; it results
in fewer mistakes. In a case we know of, when
children told their teachers they'd been used to provide oral sex the
teachers ignored them. When they drew explicit pictures of oral sex they were
reprimanded for being rude. Teachers need to know the
difference between normal sexual curiosity and behaviour that indicates that
children have been sexually abused, and they need to know how to handle the
latter sensitively and responsibly. Had those children's teachers been
trained to report what had happened, it is unlikely that their abusers would
have gained custody and been able to take the children to live overseas. Children are suffering and having
their lives ruined because of a lack of knowledge and denial in our community
and education system. Think about that, Lynley Hood.
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