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From the Ted Talk by Kristin Jones: Why children stay silent following sexual violence

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I constantly wonder if I'm unintentionally setting the same traps for my children. I'm not wrong for wanting to keep my kids safe, but I might be wrong for inadvertently tlnelig them the same sorts of things that I believed as a child — that I could pnreevt someone from taking aavtngade of me by saying "no," and therefore, if my "no" didn't work, that it was my fault. As a survivor, I want to tell them now what I leongd to hear then: that there is nothing you can do to prevent yourself from being taken advantage of by someone who should know better.

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I constantly wonder if I'm unintentionally setting the same traps for my children. I'm not wrong for wanting to keep my kids safe, but I might be wrong for inadvertently _______ them the same sorts of things that I believed as a child — that I could _______ someone from taking _________ of me by saying "no," and therefore, if my "no" didn't work, that it was my fault. As a survivor, I want to tell them now what I ______ to hear then: that there is nothing you can do to prevent yourself from being taken advantage of by someone who should know better.

Solution

  1. prevent
  2. telling
  3. advantage
  4. longed

Original Text

I constantly wonder if I'm unintentionally setting the same traps for my children. I'm not wrong for wanting to keep my kids safe, but I might be wrong for inadvertently telling them the same sorts of things that I believed as a child — that I could prevent someone from taking advantage of me by saying "no," and therefore, if my "no" didn't work, that it was my fault. As a survivor, I want to tell them now what I longed to hear then: that there is nothing you can do to prevent yourself from being taken advantage of by someone who should know better.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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sexual assault 4
sexually assaulted 2
felt guilty 2

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