Then, Erin said she told her family too. So far, her story has inspired many kids to speak up about abuse, and that has led to more predators put behind bars. At no time should the school provide the information directly to the student (unless the student is over 18). [3], She graduated from Schaumburg High School in 2004[4] and earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Western Illinois University in 2008. The law has now passed in 37 states. Vermont State Board of Education has required it in schools since 2009. Sponsored by Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, HB 233 puts Alaska among the states considering "Erin's Law" in 2014. She broke down and cried and said Erin's Law could have saved her as a child, but instead she only got the message from her abuser, who she knew, and stayed silent. Here's a glimpse of her life and why she's on a quest for social change. Walking up to a door with so many racing thoughts afraid I was not going to be believed, wondering what I was going to be asked, and so ashamed to even think about sharing the dirty secrets. 46 reviews. No one is allowed in the bathroom with you not even your friend. Merryn, then 6, was excited about her first sleepover with her kindergarten classmate Ashley. I often say victims are those who are killed by their attackers. In her diary Erin Merryn reveals how her life was transformed one night when, as an eleven-year-old, she was sexually abused in her grandparents condo by her cousin, someone she loved and trusted. Erin Merryn is author of Stolen Innocence, Living for Today, and An Unimaginable Act. I feel it would have given me the voice that these men took from me. She is an activist against child sexual abuse. Erins Law encourages research based curriculum, Merryn said. More than 90 percent of children who are sexually abused know their attacker, Bucco said with conviction. (Read why most child abuse goes unreported). But instead of telling everyone to vote against it, she told everyone to vote in support of this bill. COLUMBUS, Ohio - Erin Merryn, a Chicago-area resident behind an Ohio bill that would require public schools to provide age-appropriate sexual abuse prevention instruction, told a Senate. We live in a society that keeps it hushed and (there is) so much taboo around it; people are afraid to speak up and say this happened to them. When people ask how I have overcome all that I have and doing what I am doing now, passing Erin's Law in 11 states, 26 introducing it and going to each capital to testify on it, I tell them all of this comes from our creator. Download it here. Her dad singled me out during the party. 35. MORE: Cancer-surviving mom stays strong for her son. Ensuring all New Jersey kids have access to age-appropriate sexual abuse prevention education will end the cycle of abuse before it begins. I remember reading this thinking, they dont teach us that in school. Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. You seem incredibly resilient. Im glad he gets body boundaries and safety and Ill be pounding it into his head as long as I can. The Children's Advocacy Center of Northwest Cook County, Ill. (there are 900 of these centers across America in every state), helped give me the courage in my forensic interview after my sister and I broke our silence to tell what had happened. She was honored for her efforts in 2012 as one of Glamour Magazines 2012 Women of the Year. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two daughters. But where were the eight ways on how to "get away and tell today?" The path to justice for survivors of sexual assault is not an easy road. She told them that, growing up in Illinois, she had experienced tornado drills, fire drills and bus drills; was taught about stranger danger and eight ways to say no to drugs through D.A.R.E., but no one ever taught her how to protect herself from sexual abuse and what to do if a family member or friend molested or raped her. He did respond admitting what he did and saying he is using his past to not make the same mistakes now in his life. Carrot has 281,000 instagram followers. Please join Erin Merryn in her crusade to protect children from sexual abuse and donate to help her with her travel expenses today! So, she forgave him. Erin Merryn is the author of Stolen Innocence, Living for Today, An Unimaginable Act, Bailey No Ordinary Cat, and The Diary of a Cat Named Carrot. I also learned in group how to create a safe place to escape to when memories flooded my memory.While I was not ready at thirteen and fourteen to immediately share the journey of what all I went through because I was still too ashamed the Children's Advocacy Center laid the foundation in my healing to one day let that voice be heard. Then something happened that no one saw coming: he confessed. Erin wanted nothing more than to make him feel the hurt that she did. Erin Merryn detailed the treatment and help she received from the Children's Advocacy Center, which has 900 locations across the U.S.A. - a safe environment for children to share their stories of abuse. Merryn says starting when she was six, she was sexually abused by a neighbor, then at 11 by an older cousin. House Bill 105 overwhelminglypassed the Ohio Housea year ago. Erin Elizabeth heard over the years from 11-13 "Nobody will believe you, you have no proof, you will destroy our large extended family, this is our secret don't tell anyone." 25 $. She is the author of Stolen Innocence, Living for . But then, it started happening behind closed doors at crowded family functions. Low near 30F. I was keeping this secret with my best friend because he was also abusing her, Merryn said. In 2008, Erin decided to step up her efforts to protect children nationwide and started writing state legislators to ask them to pass laws requiring schools to better educate children, school employees and parents how to prevent and stop child sexual abuse. When I was six years old, I was sexually abused at a neighbor's house. Sexually abused as a. But her nightmare was just beginning. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.. What's your advice for sexual abuse victims who may want to come forward, but who feel the abuse is better kept secret or forgotten? Alaska Dispatch: You were preyed upon not once, but twice (two different abusers during different stages of childhood). Known For. I really open lawmakers' eyes when I share this with them. Have there been times in your life when haven't done well? "I just stared at the ceiling waiting for it to end." The brilliant minds behind putting in place a center that had a home away from home feeling to give children a sense of security and comfort.At thirteen was the age I walked through the CAC. [3], "I was not educated on not keeping secrets if someone was hurting me. I left all the fragmented sentences, misspelled words, because I wanted readers to hear the voice of a young child.. Eleven-year-old Erin Merryn's life was transformed on the night she was sexually abused by her cousin, someone she loved and trusted. Illinois is the first state by law to mandate Erins Law. The day I left that place I took a piece of my life back, and that was my voice. InDecember 2015 President Obama signed thefederal version of Erin's Law providing federal funding for schools to use. I was a senior in high school when I published my first book, my childhood diary where I kept my secrets of abuse with my cousin locked away. She was taught how to ride out a tornado, instructed in the eight steps for turning down illegal drugs, and told how to react to a friendly stranger who might try to abduct her. However, she said theabuseand rape continueduntil she was almost nine. A therapist urged her to get her anger out on paper by writing her cousin a letter detailing how she felt, and after she wrote it, she was to rip it up, burn it or otherwise throw it away. Eventually though the conversation has to shift and that question that I will never forget. Was this just bad luck? A week later, she got a reply. [8] In November 2009, she published a second book, Living For Today, discussing earlier abuse by her neighbor. One day, a particular entry she wrote caught her eye. I know that when theres one in four girls and one in six boys (being abused) Im not the only one standing in this room that this has happened to, Erin said of the statistics. As for Merryn, today shes married, the mother of an almost 2 year old, and expecting her second child in eight weeks. I finally got, after seven months, what I had been looking for: an apology. Merryn believes more can be done to ensure children also learn how learn how to protect themselves from sexual predators. At age 17, she attempted suicide. It is when they hear my story of how I was raped, and how my abusers controlled the situation by being the only ones talking to me about what was happening, that they "get it." Those were just the number of children who broke their silence that year. One personal safety lesson learned at school that actually helped me in life was "stranger danger." The only education I ever received about sexual abuse was when I became a victim, and the abusers threatened bad things would happen if I ever told. "Erin's Law" is named after Schaumburg native and activist Erin Merryn. Merryn: There is so much shame and stigma attached to sexual abuse. Acting out both at home and in school, she was given an IEP (Individual Education Plan) and was told she was just going through a phase; that her parents brief separation was the probable root cause. The only difference is now I am running from him in my dreams" (Merryn 49). According to the Office of the Monmouth County Prosecutors website, the only time that Megans Law information will be released to parents or families of students is if the school receives a Tier III high risk notice concerning an offender living within a 1,000-foot radius of their location. Before . Again, she was told to keep quiet, that no one would believe her if she said anything and that she had no proof. What do you think made him want to apologize, finally? He got us quiet and continued to get away with it. Every six minutes a child is sexually abused in the U.S. One in every 4 girls and 6 boys will be sexually assaulted before the turn 18 over 90% by a family member or friend. Eventually, her parents and sisters moved to another town, closer to family. But her parents thought it was because of health problems she was having at the time. It allowed me to go on this mission to be a face and voice for millions by letting go of hatred and instead turning pain into a purpose. Should someone have known something was wrong sooner? Merryn advocates for sexual abuse victims. Silence Broken and Stigmas Shattered -- Help for Incest Survivors Is Here Fans of Erin Merryn's heart-wrenching debut memoir Stolen Innocence were left wondering at the end what would become of an emotionally fragile Erin after her confrontation with the reality of being a child of incest and molestation. Erin Merryn's memoir is about how her life was transformed on the night she was sexually abused by her cousin, someone she loved and trusted."I thought when the abuse stopped I could move on with my life. Thats precisely why she does what she does. As the abuse continued, and as she was forced to see her abuser over and over again in social situations, she struggled with self-doubt, panic attacks, nightmares and the weight of whether or not to tell her . Merryn said the abuse only stopped because her family moved away. The school, community organization, day care center, etc. Merryn (whose other books are Stolen Innocence and Living for Today), the mother of a toddler girl, says this is a conversation parents must have every year and often. She is not ashamed of the sexual abuse she endured as a child and, instead, feels inspired to put a face and voice on childhood sexual abuse. Gov. Erin is now on a mission to persuade all 50 states to pass Erins Law, which mandates that all public schools use age-appropriate curricula to teach students how to tell on anyone who touches or attempts to touch their private parts. You will eventually hear about this law being passed in all 50 states, and I plan on one day taking it and making it international, said Erin. Merryn worked with U.S. Details Eleven-year-old Erin Merryn's life was transformed on the night she was sexually abused by her cousin, someone she loved and trusted. The next steps for the bill remain unknown. In 2010, Merryn began a crusade to get Erin's Law passed across America. The cousin used the same tactic as her first abuser telling her no one would believe her and there was no proof. After graduating with Bachelors and Masters Degrees in social work from Western Illinois and Aurora Universities in 2008 and 2009, Health Communications published her second book, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness. Do not use the phrases good touch and bad touch, says Merryn. All rights reserved. Alaska Dispatch: Thank you for reminding us that abuse happens across all socioeconomic conditions. ThediaryIkept my secrets locked away in, where I lost my innocence, I turned into a book mysenior year of high school called Stolen Innocence, because thats whathappened to me, Merryn said. As a result, she has been interviewed by many major news organizations and TV programs beginning in 2006, on Good Morning America, Oprah, CNN, Today Show, Fox, Katie Couric, Nightline, TLC, OWN, MSNBC, People Magazine, Time Magazine, Glamour Magazine, USA Today, London Times, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and dozens more local media. Behind those numbers are the faces of innocent children whose childhoods were shattered by actions of evil and sickness. Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, I met my best friend in kindergarten. I just wanted to get it over with.She was a forensic interviewer who had been trained to interview children who had reported abuse. Now I have somebody I love and trust abusing me," Merryn said. After it was republished by Health Communications in early 2005, she began traveling the nation telling her story about the sexual abuse she endured at hundreds of high schools, colleges, sexual assault centers, child abuse conferences and community events. In it, Erin chronicles how she cultivated the strength to face her abuser and eventually found relief from years of emotional restlessness, while also igniting the beginnings of a new fearless journey. So before CAC's a child brought to a police station could be filled with anxiety and fear that they are in trouble. He was the father of my best friend. Her older cousin sexually abused her from 11-13 years old. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. Erin said they just wanted to make sure their nephew got help. We need to start teaching kids this, she said. Since going public 10 years ago, I have had no contact with him. You will be believed.. Later, just weeks before her seventh birthday, she was raped by the same man. She has made it her mission in life to get this legislation passed in all 50 states. Erin Merryn (Author) Format: Kindle Edition See all formats and editions Kindle $12.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback $16.10 35 Used from $2.70 5 New from $12.50 Eleven-year-old Erin Merryn's life was transformed on the night she was sexually abused by her cousin, someone she loved and trusted. Erin Merryn (Author) 139 ratings Kindle Edition $17.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback $16.56 16 Used from $11.22 5 New from $45.35 Eleven-year-old Erin Merryn's life was transformed on the night she was sexually abused by her cousin, someone she loved and trusted. She is the author of Bailey, No Ordinary Cat, Stolen Innocence, Living for Today, and An Unimaginable Act. Erin says she believes everyone is born with a purpose and she has found hers through the events that have occurred in her life. Who were they? Erin Merryn (born February 2, 1985) is the author of Stolen Innocence, Living for Today, An Unimaginable Act, Bailey No Ordinary Cat, and The Diary of a Cat Named Carrot. So many children will be protected because of her." The Church Sex Abuse Scandals Around the World, Child-Abuse Case Reveals Vietnam's Lax Social Services, (Read why most child abuse goes unreported). Erins Law is a tax-exempt 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. Author of Stolen Innocence, Living for Today "It's something that is going to be with me the rest of my life," Erin said. This went on for a month before police got involved. She was also afraid she would lose her innocence. COLUMBUS, Ohio The Ohio Senate is considering a bill to teach elementary, middle and high school students how to protect themselves from sexual predators. Merryn: I reclaimed my voice in the Children's Advocacy Center. Innocence lost. She is an activist against child sexual abuse. So, instead of speaking out, the only person she told her thoughts and feelings to was herself in the form of a little pink diary. He told me, "Your goal is to convince everyone else." Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. According to Merryn, every school gets the option to pick a Erins Law program, and have an outside agency teach. Buccos bill requires all school districts to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. When I look at you, I see nothing but scum. Why is it so difficult to talk about? Says Merryn: "[Ashley] made me pinky promise not to say anything. I wouldn't have quit my job four years ago as a master's level counselor to go after this had I not been lead by the Lord. Merryn travels the country advocating for children who are victims of sexual assault. Merryn: I cover these two words in my second book, "Living for Today." CAC The place Erin Merryn broke her silence The Children's Advocacy Center of Northwest Cook County Illinois In 1998 seventy five thousand six hundred and forty seven abused children were seen in one hundred and thirty nine Children's Advocacy Centers in America. I continued to write him because I wanted answers. I found myself locked in bedrooms, basements, bathrooms, a car, garage and repeatedly assaulted by my cousin.. From the age of 11 to 13, I was repeatedly sexually abused at the hands of a family member, an older cousin, she said. Victims are those who don't survive. Children must be taught to tell a trusted adult if anyone touches their private parts. The parents can then share the information that the schools provided with anyone else in their household. Little did I know by moving I was getting that much closer to my next abuser. Sexually abused and raped from age 6-8 by an adult neighbor Erin was threatened to stay silent by her abuser. The book is titled "Stolen Innocence." Alaska Dispatch: Resiliency can be an important factor in how well survivors of abuse cope and in whether they go on to lead a healthy, happy life. Therapists (and) an amazing school psychologist in high school really helped me heal. As the abuse continued, and as she was forced to see her abuser over and over again in social situations, she struggled with self-doubt, panic attacks, nightmares and the weight of whether or not to tell her terrible secret. MORE: Moms and dads, can we talk about stranger danger? My goal in life is to give a voice to the voiceless and put these predators out of business, she said. "(It) brings me back to remembering being six-years-old being abused. Caught you off guard? Instead of putting their daughters through further emotional trauma of a criminal trial, Erins parents decided not to press charges. Erin Merryn A Voice for the Voiceless Author, Activist, Speaker, wife, mother, and force behind Erin's Law Glamour Magazine 2012 Woman of the Year. She came to me after I had been abused for two years and told me words I never expected to hear, that she too was being abused by the same family member. But both she and her sister did tell their stories. Sunshine and a few clouds. Well, something shocking happened. Her friend slept through the assault, and Merryn remained silent. Merryn didn't tell anyone until she was 13 and she suspected her sister was also being abused. Erin's Law was the first law passed in the United States requiring sexual abuse prevention education to be taught to students in school every year, and it was subsequently passed in 38 U.S. states before being signed into federal law. My mom was a mess, that day she probably cried for 10 straight hours, looking at my dad saying, we missed all the red flags, her grades, she was depressed, Erin recalled. Nightmares. I survived it and eventually learned how to thrive from it by breaking my silence and putting a face and voice on this silent epidemic. Children learn all kinds of safety lessons in schools, like how to deal with natural disasters, fires and strangers. After her parents decided to move Erin's abuse ended but only brought her that much closer to her next abuser, an older teenage cousin who lived . Merryn: Yes. The first abuser, our neighbor, is someone I think who did this to any girl he had access to. Through her personal diary, written during the years of her abuse, Erin shares her journey through pain and confusion to inner strength and, ultimately, forgiveness. Merryn is an author, activist, and founder of Erin's Law. He sat down in front of Merryn and put his finger to his lips signaling her to remain quiet. At a family gathering at her grandparents' lake house, she awoke in the middle of the night to find her cousin "Brian" (again, not his real name), then 13, lying next to her with his hands down her underwear. Merryn now. When all you have ever been told by an abuser is to stay silent, no one will believe you, this is our secret, you learn to believe that, and (it) makes it extremely difficult to speak up about. 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