Jeffrey Slater Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 Found this on a tech blog, and immediately thought of FDR http://gizmodo.com/this-ad-has-a-secret-anti-abuse-message-that-only-kids-493108460?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium seems like a decent idea to me, anyone else have thoughts?
Rob_Ilir Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 Brilliant. Even the advertisment for the advertisment is a huge boost in these times.
Lowe D Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 This is stupid. How is a child supposed to know that an adult can't see the message? Also if they do realize it, how does that make a difference? Is the guiding idea here that children don't realize they're being hurt by their caregivers, and if you just told them, they'd pick up the phone? I'm feeling pretty angry right now, so I'm going to write it again. This is stupid.
Jeffrey Slater Posted May 7, 2013 Author Posted May 7, 2013 I guess I figured, at least there is something out there that gives kids the message that it is not ok for adults to hit them. I guess the idea is that the message that says 'if anyone is hitting you then call us' was only visible to kids, so that the parents would not be able to start rationalizing their actions and coerce the kids into not calling.
MrCapitalism Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 <- Inside the United States When I was growing up in an abusive household, my stepfather would use "Child Protection Services" as a tool for physchological abuse. If I expressed my displeasure with my treatment, he would dare me to call "CPS" to have them take me into custody. It was a very frightening idea for me, as I had no idea what to expect, and there was no expectation that the conditoins under 'protection' would be in any ways better than where I was (middle class household). I think I inherently knew that I would by abused by the system in probably more viscious ways than I was inside of my own house. As a confirmation, I am friends with a person on facebook who grew up in foster care. This month is "foster care awareness" month, and he's been sharing stories from inside of care. He uses words such as 'no expectation of privacty' 'denial of important information (restriction of photographs, not finding out for 3 years that his grandmother died)'... it's been pretty horrific. Weirdly enought he's the biggest statist I know.
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