`` Gently speak and listen to the story '' Abuse experienced lecturer to pediatricians February 19 10:48

A man who had been abused by his parents told a medical professional in Maebashi City on the night of the evening of 18th, and when he found a child suspected of being abused, he gently called out and asked him to listen.

The lecture was given by Mr. Takao Hashimoto (41), a company employee in Tokyo.

Mr. Hashimoto was invited to the Gunma University Hospital in Maebashi on the night of 18th, and told about 60 people, including pediatricians and other medical professionals, about his own experience of being abused by his parents.

When Hashimoto was four years old, his parents divorced and were taken over by his father with his younger brother. He lost his younger brother in daily violence and was treated as a bathroom accident. His father's remarriage partner continued to be abused, with the hot iron pressed against his body.

As a result, she felt that she was worthless, and since she became a junior high school student, she has repeatedly attempted suicide, and has continued to feel lonely and alienated even as an adult.

Mr. Hashimoto called on medical professionals to ask a child with a smile and a gentle voice to listen to any suspected child abuse, such as having bruises on their bodies.

A male pediatrician who listened to the lecture said, "I didn't have much opportunity to listen to the abused, so every single word was very heavy. I want to listen to the children's voices and work hard." I was