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shame

My childhood was branded by shame. I’ll no longer let it define me

22 August 2020 by Leilani Tamu

If we want to address family violence in Aotearoa, we need to change the way we act and think about shame, writes Leilani Tamu. The following includes discussion of child abuse and trauma. When I was six years old, my mother’s boyfriend  told me to eat on the floor with his dog, a German shepherd, … Read more

Categories Featured, Opinion, Society Tags child abuse, Domestic Violence, shame

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