Bronwen Carroll is a board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physician at Boston Medical Center and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and earned her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where she was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. She completed her pediatrics residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Boston Medical Center. A mother of four, she is currently writing a book that guides parents in talking with their children about preventing sexual abuse. To learn more about her work, visit her website or follow her on Instagram.
Bronwen Carroll is a board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physician at Boston Medical Center and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and earned her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where she was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. She completed her pediatrics residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Boston Medical Center. A mother of four, she is currently writing a book that guides parents in talking with their children about preventing sexual abuse. To learn more about her work, visit her website or follow her on Instagram.
Parents are inundated with advice and guidance on all manner of topics from an array of sources, but as a pediatric emergency medicine physician, I have been astonished to realize that parents hear almost nothing about the risk that actually poses the greatest threat of causing serious harm to their children. Approximately 10 percent of children in the United States experience sexual abuse, with one in four girls and somewhere …
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