A Hockey Voice and Beyond

He quotes "kids have to tell seven different people before they are believed." 

Sometimes connecting to a movie, leads to unexpected stories. I found this man's survivor and advocacy story because when I like one movie or the actors in it, I search to see what others movies I would watch based on the actor(s). I have had this post forming for awhile.

Did you read my earlier posts today? How about Never Painless? Connect dots?

This man's story is important. I have not read his book or watched the whole movie. He offers wisdom in the interviews and has hope after he has stood in the darkness.

A  smart groomer took advantage of an already vulnerable child. Who helped? What trusted adults betrayed? His journey is of victim and survivor and sharing his story.

Sheldon Kennedy: Not a made up character.

“Why I Didn’t Say Anything” by Sheldon Kennedy - Canadian Red Cross https://share.google/NTfjPILwLBwXUbzcK

The Sheldon Kennedy Story: movie 

****Adult viewing*****

https://youtu.be/gno8QAekF5w?is=iM4AQOgWW0EfvCoq

Excerpts from movie:

****Not easy to watch. Adults viewing.****

https://youtu.be/IDfh_zKxiJA?is=SGrB9dkLUu84tEBj

https://youtu.be/8T-f397oy3g?is=v6Yzpp35Z7T9xoQa

He doesn't consider himself a hero. I would highly recommend listening to this man's voice. The first video is 19 years old. Yesterday's news with relevancy to today. He connects dots to suicide.

Interviews are also for adult viewing.

https://youtu.be/iJmiddW-gw4? is=nA503h35Nle7RRDY 

He says a missing piece is "the athelete's voice".

https://youtu.be/L-53fi-tIvw?is=hKDEbdSV35A79SPY. Interview 4 years ago

****Interview from 1998****

Justice and forgiveness. No forgetting. The abuser was a trusted adult within the family and sports framework. The interviewer asks about mental illness of rapist. Really? Suicide of a victim discussed, Martin Cruz. Organizational ignorance or aiding and abetting to abuse?

Sheldon Kennedy credits his wife as the helper.

https://youtu.be/ntbEfEJEQkU?is=M0MiZKmBArgdOVCP

Sheldon Kennedy did not throw the sport out with the bath water. Prioritizing safety of the atheletes, he says, and play helps in trauma therapy.

https://youtu.be/d24BTNAUPXs?is=3eGn04t3D-gUvZ_x.  The YT video shows a date of 2024. Young adult men respond.

Making connections:

The actor who portrayed the young adult Sheldon Kennedy, Jonathan Scarfe, also wrote a screenplay called Speak. The subject is of a high  school girl. They donated their movie to a nurses' program for trauma training.

 IMDB link:

Speak (Short 2001) - IMDb https://share.google/ZnIFsvJTXPXOivAnO

There is also a 2004 movie. Maybe connected to the 2001 Short.

Speak 2004 based on a book.

****Adult viewing****

https://youtu.be/JQ_RGgedgTg?is=AE487POiXXQBFXBZ

Speak.

From the Teacher's Desk making connections to Middle Township to Cornell and to infinity and beyond with Love:

What have we taught our children? Who is listening? Are you the first adult or seventh? Who is coaching? What is consent?

Life is less than six degrees of separation as I wrote in my book..

Marian R. Carlino

November 10, 2026

The Wife Speaks about Bend

Blood, sweat and tears...

https://youtu.be/pD4wJc9KUBQ?is=UdXKbfPWbyNwTp71

We have heard the father speak. 

Have you heard his wife speak?

The one interviewer, the male of the trio, ASKs what it is like for her? Kudos to the one who thought to ask her.

Keep this family in prayer. The stress on them  is real. Do you think she has trouble sleeping?

Listen between the lines. See between the lines. What do you hear and see?

This father has spoken before. The news calls it an exclusive. Not sure of that marketing. 

One of the comments in the YT video wants to hear from the teacher who fought the shooter.  In a court of law, from a televised courtroom, I would too. Sworn testimony is needed.

There was a kid with a gun over there. Who, where, how-- we kind of know. But why is still a lingering ASK.

The father wants to start a non profit. Do we need another one? I bet the shooter's fragile mental health was already known.

My advice, "There is no place like home" at a time like this. Speak out but focus on your family. Life will bring trouble even to those who protect. Celebrity status will not help because it is a double edged sword. Do not let the children fall through the cracks while on the speaker cicuit.

Put on the Armor of God. St. Michael defend them as their family faces new battles. The crowd is fickle. Bullets protected but victim's and heroes mental health are vulnerable.

What do police do after a legal shooting? Most do not go on the circuit. Rescue and recovery are tough on everyone.

Two roles are not exclusive. Victim and hero.

Did he read my post about Spiderman? Or is that God making a connection?

What did the Master Carpenter teach?

From the Teacher's Desk with concern for this family;

Marian R. Carlino

November 10, 2026