http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-effects-blog.html My child abuse blog keeps you informed about the updates on this www.child-abuse-effects.com site and lets you know when I've posted a new child abuse story, article or commentary. Subscribe here. en-us child abuse Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:06:36 GMT Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:06:36 GMT child-abuse-effects.com http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-anomynus-for-a-friend.html I haven't been abused ever, but this girl in my class is incredibly sad and skinny! We had our cervical cancer jab the other day, and when she took Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:06:14 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-dan1.html I first want to thank you Darlene for having a website where we can all write down our thoughts of what happened to us victims so that we can get some Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:38:44 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-admission-from-please-forgive.html I am a shattered shell. Not because of being abused, like so many on this site, but because of abusing others. For 9 years of my life, I was a child Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:38:53 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/relationship-violence-story-from-malorie.html I had a boyfriend who took me out on a double date. He had been emotionally abusive, but when I finally was around a nice guy, I felt confident. I Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:35:44 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-lighthouse.html I am 36 years old and I am a victim of child abuse. Not only physically, emotionally and mentally, but also sexually. My abuse started when I was Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:31:44 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/relationship-violence-story-from-shayla.html I was 17 and in a relationship with a man who was 34. He was sweet to me and nice. At the time I was a runaway. I had nowhere to go and he offered me Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:33:22 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-the-boy.html My story starts when I was about 13, 14 years old. I was at church one evening and there was a well-known man that was affiliated with the church I Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:28:18 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/sexual-child-abuse-what-do-boyfriends-think.html I want to start off by saying - I know this isn't an advice column - and I'm asking for a perspective, but am not interpreting it as advice for my Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:03:28 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-jo2.html For a long time, I just thought my parents were strict. I also thought that there was something wrong with me that I couldn't understand since I was Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:53:42 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-and-another-system-failure.html Out Of Options:  My son is now 11 years old and lives with his father and step-mother. His father is in the army and stationed in Afghanistan, Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:28:13 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-andrea-w.html Darlene, let me start by saying my sister and I had a wonderful childhood, or thought we did up until four months ago. My mother remarried when I was Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:44:00 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-of-healing-and-recovery-from-monisha.html I was alone, I was sad but I also had a hope which dragged me here to light:  I know everyone here has the same wounds that I had. When I was a Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:50:34 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-tawnya.html It was horrible frightening. I was 3 and a half when everything started. I was beaten and battered over and over! I ate dog food! It was like a Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:21:25 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-name-undisclosed26.html Wish Daddy was nice then like he is now:  My dad had some issues while I was growing up. I remember him always yelling at my mother...not too Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:16:47 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-c.html Child Sexual Abuse:  It's hard to know where to begin...sometimes I feel like this didn't even happen to me, I've been holding it inside for so Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:59:37 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-chelsea-r.html I'm eighteen years old. When I was eight, my innocent life was stolen from me. My body no longer my own as I seem to see it now. My step dad molested Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:43:56 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-kay.html I don't really know if what I went through was child abuse or not. But it was horrible and it still effects how I react to people, even though the Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:58:06 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-barry-m.html The Man That Everybody Thought Was Great:  I asked why this happened to me. I guess I was a target because I was quiet. So thAT IS WHAT THEY SAY. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:18:13 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-vlm.html I was 6 years old when it started in foster care, with foster cousins in their early 20's I think maybe older. I sat down the floor to play Mario Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:46:49 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-christina-o.html AKA the bad preacher's kid:  Life is very fuzzy from the beginning. I remember so much but I can't seem to put it in order. I was adopted at the Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:20:42 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-kaylee.html First, EMOTIONAL My mother and father weren't married when they conceived/gave birth to me, so I guess he felt he had no need to be at my birth. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:36:52 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-chantal.html Emotion abuse story:  I was the youngest of four children, all girls. My father had very explosive anger problems and was fairly emotionally Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:47:01 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-cost-my-son-everything-page-12.html There are so many little things that I hear Paul saying from the past. It wasn't until after his death that I finally understood some of these things: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:40:05 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-kennesaw-poem-2.html Die Sweet Child Kennesaw I've watched men die, held their hand, heard their final breath. Men who had proved themselves, men who had passed their Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:52:42 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/five-children-die-each-day-from-child-abuse-and-neglect-in-usa-report.html EXPERTS ASK CONGRESS FOR FUNDING, CONSISTENT STANDARDS: Celebrities from 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' join child advocates on Capitol Hill to Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:31:32 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-shayla.html When I was younger, my mom and dad fought constantly. They were both alcoholics and drug addicts. I remember as a little girl, my mom always having Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:28:19 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-kimberly-part-5.html I know I keep writing here. Thank you Darlene for posting my stories on here. Your site is truly something that can help so many people. There is a Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:25:35 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-cost-my-son-everything-page-11.html Paul didn't die from this horrific attempt. For some reason God didn't think he was quite ready. He went from a psych ward to a mental institution. He Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:51:15 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-in-the-hands-of-cps.html Be careful...they will say you abused your child when he reacts to being removed from you:  When my soon to be ex husband's girlfriend started Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:28:31 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-l-for-my-friend.html Not abused but I think my friend is:  I have a friend, I'll call him 'B', and today he told me that his dad is a f****n a*s, and I asked him why. Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:15:21 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-samantha2.html It started when I was a little girl. Everything was great. I had a mommie and a daddie and I was a major daddy's girl. My dad look to alcohol. He was Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:57:36 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-kathy1.html My father I felt loved me very much and I deeply loved him. He made me feel good. He taught us manners, values of money, he was very funny and he took Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:31:22 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-cost-my-son-everything-page-10.html One day I went to pick up Paul and bring him to an appointment. He asked me to stop at a friend's house so he could get a jacket he left there. He and Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:09:57 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-kennesaw.html Informally Educated Kennesaw I'm the boy, the boy of no joy. I was in your class, a dirty hand, vacant eyes, the soul of a man. I'm the guy, the guy Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:42:30 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-cost-my-son-everything-page-9.html I would like to bring you to the time when Paul met Julie. This is not to hurt Julie should she read this. She has been in recovery for about 5 years Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:20:23 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-cost-my-son-everything-page-8.html When all of this first started and I found out about the Boy Scout leaders, I wrote this poem. Although primitive in my poetry skills, it helped me to Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:30:07 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/jail-child-abusers-for-a-long-time.html I have never been abused or assaulted in any way, but I would like to say that children should never experience anything like that. They don't deserve Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:20:58 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-cost-my-son-everything-page-7.html Horror, Shame and Pain:  I am going to jump again because it is bothering me that Paul was never validated. I had told everyone: cops, lawyers, Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:26:54 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-conrad.html I used to be physically abused when I was a child. It is tough for me to explain in full detail. At the age of 4 up until 15 I was physically abused. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:41:33 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-cost-my-son-everything-page-6.html It is no wonder that my other children were resenting Paul. I was always out trying to find him or going to school or working a second job. Paul would Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:48:58 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-courtney-m.html When I was little I lived with my mom, and my parents had divorced. I was jumping on the bed and my stepfather told me to get off. Well, without Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:36:54 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-older-and-wiser.html A woman's story of abuse:  I guess I want to tell my story for all of the ones that haven't. My story is one of millions of sexual abuse and Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:05:11 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-kathleen.html As a child I was constantly being abused by my mother and her so called boyfriend. They would beat me a lot with the belt. I can still remember one Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:46:59 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-kathryne.html My abuse started from as far back as I can remember and has been passed down to my oldest daughter to continue it emotionally. You see, I called for Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:35:10 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-questioning-the-system.html Why Doesn't The System Work Anymore????  I am married to a wonderful man that has a five-year-old son. Almost 2 years ago he received temporary Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:15:31 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-name-undisclosed25.html Ghost:  My observation of people is that most display varying degrees of abusive behavior throughout their lifetimes. I don't know how anyone can Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:49:42 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-cost-my-son-everything-page-5.html Horror, Shame and Pain:  When Paul returned to Massachusetts I was so happy to see him, although I was not happy that he left his grandfather in Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:22:30 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-cost-my-son-everything-page-4.html Horror, Shame and Pain:  When the vice squad started to question my son he told all about how Mark had brought him to George's house. (Mark was a Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:07:05 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-little-girl-lost.html A survivor of child sexual abuse:  I would like to share some of my story to anyone who has ever been convicted of child sexual abuse. I lost my Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:45:24 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-cost-my-son-everything-page-3.html I keep jumping around. I hope this will at least help me to get all the things out that need to be said. My family support was a blessing. Paul's Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:08:42 GMT