One Direct Question Gave a Boy the Courage to Speak #shorts

We do a program as part of the Darcheinu curriculum, this social emotional learning curriculum called the Kedusha talk, where we train someone to at least train parents to have a puberty education talk from a Torah hashkafa with your child. And in some places even the school has an a professional who is involved in that process with the children as well. And you you can reach out to us for guidance on that. So one time I was having this talk with the boy and at one point towards the end of the talk we're talking a little bit about safety. We go into that area. And I asked the boy, has anything like what we just spoke about ever happened to you? Is anything like that going on? We ask directly, bluntly. Is this something you're experiencing now or have experienced? And in this case the boy was quiet. And he clearly was having an emotional reaction. As a good therapist I pushed the tissues towards him. And gave him space, gave him some time and ultimately he opened up and the words he said to me still ring in my ears till today. He said, for 6 months I've been davening to Hashem in every Shmoneh Esrei that somebody should ask me that question. That's exactly what we want to try to change.