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. Subscribe here. en-us child abuse Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:49:06 GMT Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:49:06 GMT child-abuse-effects.com http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-news-indiana-state-supreme-court-ruling.html Recently, I posted an article about how child abuse news stories in the media have a positive effect on changing laws (see post at Child Abuse News: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:48:38 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/needing-a-job.html Hey there, so i'm going through this insane immigration thing with the Canadian govt. and I really don't want to go back to the US but, just to Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:06:14 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/is-wedging-of-children-by-adult-males-considered-sexual-abuse.html Is wedging of young children sexual abuse by adult men? The children are all minor children. I have addressed the issue on two separate occasions with Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:46:29 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-sara2.html I am now 19 years old. I am attending college and trying to get on with my life, which is not the easiest thing to do. I suffer from PTSD and anxiety Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:24:58 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/are-these-longterm-effects-of-sexual-abuse-for-male-survivors.html I have very fractured memories of child sexual abuse and torture from when I was four, lasting about a year. Now I'm middle-aged and I see that my Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:19:49 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/disclosures-of-abuse-how-do-i-know-for-sure-if-my-niece-is-being-or-was-abused.html For the longest time, my niece, at the age of 11 and younger, complained about the way her mother treated her, that she was abusive, left them alone Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:12:35 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-news-essential-or-extraneous.html Child abuse is evil. Child abuse news reporting is not. In fact, in the opinion of this writer, child abuse news reporting by all forms of media has Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:07 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/feeling-better.html Hi all, just checking in to say hello and breath a bit. Well my family is no longer speaking with me and I haven't been able to speak with my son, I Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:17:09 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/year-seven-hell.html I left the last entry at the end of year six, and having suffereed a painful summer holiday. Next up was year 7 with a terrifying teacher for Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:44:42 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-emma.html I am 18 and I am tired...deeply tired:  I don't remember it quite clear, but I was first sexually molested when I was just a little girl. Maybe Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:29:53 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/from-the-foothills-of-the-ozarks-to-the-top-of-the-world-an-abuse-survivor-rises-above-her-past-and-finds-joy-in-life-after-abuse.html I just spent seven amazing days at the International Christian Retailers Show in Orlando Florida. I didn't make it to Universal Studios, Disneyland, Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:57:08 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-melody.html Sex all the Time:  When I turn 10 I started developing my breasts and my butt. My stepdad always looked at me in a wrong way. On my 12th B-day he Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:29:21 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/relationship-violence-story-from-nilsa.html This happened to me 2 years ago, and it still drives me crazy. I'm too ashamed to tell anyone. My girlfriend Emily is the only one who knows. After Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:13:41 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-linda1.html When I was 30 I started having memories of childhood sexual abuse. Up until that time, I did not have any memories and still don't have full memory of Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:32:59 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/should-i-continue-to-work-or-stay-home-with-my-baby.html I am a mother of an 18-month-old boy, and I am myself 22. I leave my son behind to go to a 9 to 4 job. My son is a very happy baby. He never complains Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:31:40 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/stepfather-showering-with-toddler-is-she-being-sexually-abused.html I have a 2 1/2-year-old stepdaughter who told me the other day that her and her stepdad take showers together. Is there something wrong with this? My Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:19:17 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-tia.html Witnessing Abuse:  I grew up witnessing the physical abuse of my older brother and sometimes my older sister by my father. This abuse began when Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:03:11 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-terra.html I didn't have a normal childhood. My mom married a man when I was a baby. They had 2 girls together...they are my half sisters. In the beginning of Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:47:18 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-jo1.html It took me a very long time to figure out that the household that I grew up in wasn't completely normal. I went into the foster care system at the age Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:23:18 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-coraima.html This is for all people that have been abused.  I know what some of you have gone through. My name is Coraima. I am 14 years old. I'm gonna try to Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:09:21 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/recovered-and-working.html i am now back at work, (Quite literally right now!) and am feeling great. It now looks as though I have cleared the back log of my email so I can Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:12:27 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-nicole-t.html I feel like I am not supposed to be on this world. When I was born, it's like a disaster to me, I was babysat by a babysitter till age 3. I can't Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:21:22 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/diaper-discipline-child-abuse-and-secrets.html The following article was written in response to a comment made on my Ask Darlene page Is diaper discipline child abuse? The comment by MJ dated Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:30:05 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-of-healing-and-recovery-from-iris.html My story is about healing. At the age of 39 I was having for the first time in my life to deal with the pain and suffering of the molestation and Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:53:53 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-albert.html My wife showed me this website and suggested I tell my story, which she knows very well. I'm 42 years old now. I have a great wife and three wonderful Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:55:38 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-taylor1.html Sad But True:  My mom married a guy named Stan when she was 32 years old. I was 11 years old and was happy to have a father in my life. I never Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:02:45 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-madison.html My Life:  When my mom and dad were still together life was so bad. We lived in a farm house and it was so crude. There were rats, mice and ants. Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:43:14 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/unable-to-make-love-with-my-husband-could-i-have-been-sexually-abused-as-a-child.html Needing Advice:  I came across this site hoping to find some answers. This may sound crazy but I do not remember being sexually abused. But I do Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:13:01 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-monica.html When I was 8 or 9, a neighborhood boy who lived in back of my house moved in. I think at the time he was 16 or 17. He would talk to me a lot and give Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:19:37 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/the-core.html I'm just realizing all of the opportunity as a small child for my growth. And, I'm realizing I didn't get the nurturance and I didn't get positive Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:20:32 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/i-was-sexually-abused-can-i-marry.html Hello Darlene. I want to ask a very valid question. I have been affected by this thing from 6 years to 12 years of my age massively. Now I am 22 and Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:53:21 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/a-safe-environment-for-child-abuse-survivors-to-post-their-stories.html Darlene, thank you for this site. I've suffered from emotional abuse at the hands of family members since I was 6 years old, and am slowly working my Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:47:53 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-andrew-richards-part-3.html See Part 1 and Part 2 of Andrew's story on this site. Fortunately this story does have somewhat of a happy ending – at least one in the Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:27:08 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-aurelia.html My father was a tyrant in our house. Everyone listened to him and everyone was afraid of him, including my mother, although she never wanted to admit Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:16:10 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-60-years-ago.html I was 3 months old when I was abused. I am now 60 and still do not know the truth. I was abused violently and was in the Children's Hospital in Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:33:19 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-andrew-richards-part-2.html The next day I'd been a bit messy with my stuff in the tent and came back to stuff being thrown out of the tent. Words were exchanged, I collected my Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:48:47 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/i-want-to-report-child-abuse-but-i-dont-know-their-address-what-do-i-do.html I have a family member who is abusing her 3 children. She gets a large amount of food stamps each month, only to cash them to people for cash and buy Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:33:10 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-alexis.html Sexual Abuse - I'm Scared: My name is Alexis and I am 15 years old. When I entered the sixth grade I was being sexually abused and I didn't know Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:22:39 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-andrew-richards-part-1.html Well, as ASCA (Advocates for Survivors of Child Abuse1) teaches us to do at meetings, I guess I'll start off this way. My name is Andrew Richards, Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:40:32 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-deb.html A volcano. That's it. I finally exploded. I'm 41 years old. My Parents divorced when I was 5. My Mom's best friends son (we lived with them Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:26:26 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-taylah.html A Life of Prostitution: When I was little, I always saw my mom dress up and go out at night, leaving me alone with my daddy. I once saw her come Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:24:23 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-taylor.html I was abused by my mom and cousin. My dad left us a year after my sister Amber was born. I was 4 then and we were poor. My mom got no help from my dad Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:12:29 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/diaper-discipline-reality-vs-appearance.html Note from Darlene: With permission from the author, this post was moved from the comments section of an Ask Darlene page titled Is diaper Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:17:44 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-of-healing-and-recovery-from-linda.html My healing began the day after I found this website and posted my child abuse story (see Linda's Child Abuse Story on this site). I was physically, Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:13:19 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-margaret.html It's such a long story - I don't know where to start. My mother was mentally ill and unable to care for my 2 sisters and me. I remember the day Child Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:25:10 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/older-stepbrother-makes-my-young-niece-rub-his-feet-cause-for-concern.html My mother told me earlier today that my niece had told her something odd. My niece is 7 years old. She told her that her step brother of one year Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:05:44 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/kitten-nightmare.html I awoke remembering a nightmare and I still can't shake it. I was on my front steps and my dog was out there with me. My sister-in-law was on the Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:31:41 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-stephen.html At the age of 7, whilst on holiday with my parents, my mother informed me that I had been sleep walking and that for my own safety she would tie me to Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:09:58 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-angelina.html My aunt that took care of me married an abusive husband: NO! I yelled as I tried to grab his wrists, but he quickly overpowered me. I fell to the Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:29:58 GMT http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-story-from-name-undisclosed5.html I Don't Know... I'd rather not say my name. I was sexually abused by my uncle when I was 14. I am now 15 and still having nightmares of what this Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:46:13 GMT