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- Archived Stories 1st Quarter 2009
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- If you are a minor in need of help, please contact:
- Canada: Kids Helpline: 1-800-668-6868
- Child Help USA: 1-800-4-A-CHILD
- U.S.A. Numbers by State: www.childhelpusa.org
- Covenant House Nineline: 1-800-999-9999
- United Kingdom: ChildLine on 0800 1111
- U.K. ChildLine: www.donthideit.com
- Scotland Hotline: 0800 022 3222
- Australia: Kids Help Line 1800 55 1800
- Australia: Kids Help Line
- Jamaica: Child Abuse Hotline: 2-1-1
- Jamaica's Registry: 1-888-PROTECT (1-888-776-8328)
- Sri Lanka: Child Help Line: 1929
Child Abuse Stories Archived 1st Quarter 2009:
Stories from visitors posted January 1 - March 31, 2009:
Child Abuse Story From Brittany2 I'm 13 years old. I was 12 in this story. But my dad has been like this since I was probably about 8 years old. I have many memories that haunt me and ...
Child Abuse Story From Susan J I have read so much on sexual abuse and rape and incest but I still don't feel like I understand why I feel bad about it. This is me finally saying what ...
Child Abuse Story From Jess It started at the beginning of 7th grade, from my mom. I didn't do anything wrong, and suddenly she was hitting and punching me. Once, I remember she threw ...
Child Abuse Story From Heather1 Broken-Hearted Again: I was emotionally abused rather than physically. I am 13 almost 14, and the main thing I can remember as a child is being ...
Child Abuse Story From Shannon4 I am 13 years old now. My mom died when I was 3. When I was 4 years old my dad got home from work and sent the babysitter home...I can remember he wasn'...
Child Abuse Story From Tabi 18 years of anger: When I was 8, my uncle was my best friend. That quickly ended when he decided to force me to perform oral sex on him. Now I ...
Child Abuse Story From AnnaLeigh Daddy's Long Gone: It had been happening my whole life. I thought it was normal, that everyone's dad did that to them. He just said that it was ...
Child Abuse Story From Kirsty I'm still a child and I hate it: I have always felt that I didn't belong, but I am 14 years old, and I hate my life so much, I feel like I would ...
Child Abuse Story From Apostolic Angel I an Apostolic Pentecostal first generation...I live with my emotionally abusive grandparents...it is better now because I used to live with my sexually ...
Child Abuse Story From Kate2 I still remember the first time he hit me. I was six. My dad was completely sober. See, my mom has a very demanding job, and she was often (and still is)...
Child Abuse Story From Name Undisclosed If I write my name, he'll find this...sorry: When I was a little girl, my dad and mom divorced. My mom's landlord and friend became my dad's friend....
Child Abuse Story From Carol F Unfortunately I am one of those people to have suffered such abuse...first at the hands of my mother for reasons I never knew. I always felt safe when ...
Child Abuse Story From Lost Girl It's Hard: It's hard living with a man who verbally and physically abuses you sometimes. Meet Bob, my little sister's dad. I say that because I'...
Child Abuse Story From Sarah C
I am a 16-year-old lass who has the most amazing girlfriend in the world. We have only known each other a little while and we are in love.
The other ...
Child Abuse Story From Bianx My mother and father never had a good relationship, and he was hardly ever around when I was young (or my whole life for that matter). I am now 3 months ...
Child Abuse Story From Nicola I was abused by my step-father from the age of 6 until I was 13. It started when I had a nightmare and he let me sleep in the same bed as him and my mam....
Child Abuse Story From Exanimis I no longer have a problem telling my story for two reasons. Years of therapy have allowed me to tell it in a time frame that I am most comfortable with....
Child Abuse Story From Sarah2 Invisible to the World: My mom died when I was eight years old, so me and my sister had to move with my aunt and uncle. They lived on a farm and ...
Child Abuse Story From Maurice Childhood/Schooldays Spanking/Beating: I am a first time reader of Darlene's website, which I came accros this morning while browsing sites to ...
Child Abuse Story From Elii Self-Blame: When I was 7 years old my father left. My mother packed our bags and left the country. We went to live with her sisters. I never really ...
Child Abuse Story From Cassy B My "father" was a big ole man. My brother and I? not so big. My brother, Malakii, is two years older than me. When I was three I was put in the hospital ...
Child Abuse Story From Shae When I was three my father left with another woman...he left my brother my sister and me with my mother, who he had abused. I later learned that he touched ...
Child Abuse Story From Lena I was probably about 5 years old when my father started sexually abusing me. All I can remember growing up was my parents always telling to never tell ...
Child Abuse Story From Private My mother abused me terribly: I am now in my late thirties (male) and truly realize how my mother abused me. It took me this long to figure out ...
Child Abuse Story From Caroline
When I was 7 my older brother who was 14 started sexually molesting me.
The Cause: My mom would yell at me, giving me nightmares. Telling me that ...
Child Abuse Story From SEJ I was always running away from home since I was age 2-3 years old. We moved out to the country at age 4. I can remember my next door neighbour getting ...
Child Abuse Story From Connie1 My father used to abuse my mother and I almost every day. I remember he would kill the wild cats around the house, even shot a dog because she got in his ...
Child Abuse Story From C XX
It all happened when I was 13/14. My friends and I started hanging around an amusement arcade, skipping school, drinking and being reckless.
The person ...
Child Abuse Story From Karen J A Night To Remember: I have 3 older sisters Mayra, Tania, and Adriana. When I was about 10 years old when my parents separated. Mayra and Tania ...
Child Abuse Story From Laura3 Darkness: My parents were killed when I was 4. I was sent to live with my only living family, my 25-year-old cousin Corey and his wife Taylor. Corey,...
Child Abuse Story From June L I am a survivor of abuse. My life started pretty "bleak". I was born to addicted and very abusive "role models" called my parents. My abuse started immediately ...
Child Abuse Story From Bailee Presently Being Abused By My Father: He screams at me for random things and when I don't understand he calls me stupid. I cry and cry in front ...
Child Abuse Story From Arrie The Secret and Shame of Spanking: I grew up in a Christian home. Overall, I think that I was a well-behaved young girl. Mostly, my mother was a ...
Child Abuse Story From Julie1 When I was five years old I shared a room with my three-year-old brother. He and I were very close and had a strong bond. He had chicken pox. I woke up ...
Child Abuse Story From Kate I'm 12 years old. I live in Chicago with my six cats and two sisters and mom. When I was little, I always thought that my dad would never do what he did,...
Child Abuse Story From Jennifer3 Part 2 I'm pretty sure some of you have read Child abuse story from Jennifer3 on this site. I am now 17. I'll be 18 in June. I am still scared of my father ...
Child Abuse Story From Vinnie Still trying to move on: This will be the first time I have ever told what happened to me, although I did have some therapy when I was fifty years ...
Child Abuse Story From Anonymous32 I was not physically abused, not at all. My parents really love me and did the best they could I guess. What did happen is that my mother used to yell ...
Child Abuse Story From Kathy My mother always lived the "happy life"...meaning she left my sister and I alone most of the time. We were lucky if she took us two blocks away to my aunt'...
Child Abuse Story From Christi The summer I turned thirteen, the twenty-three-year-old son of a babysitter started showing me interest. He flirted and wrote me letters. Eventually he ...
Child Abuse Story From Sentora The story of a confused 5-year-old: When I was 5 my mother had an abusive boyfriend. I remember every time my mother was going to the grocery store ...
Child Abuse Story From Krissy I was abused in every way: I was sexually assaulted by my stepfather...I was physically assaulted...I was verbally assaulted. I think you get the ...
Child Abuse Story From Alia I hated my childhood and wouldn't wish it upon anyone. I had good providers for parents but received no emotional support from them. No Hugs, Kisses, no ...
Child Abuse Story From Crybaby I'm writing this story for all of the people who aren't sure if they can say they are/have been abused. We are so used to hearing only about the most extreme ...
Child Abuse Story From Jennifer3 I was 8 years old. It was the night before Valentine's Day. My dad did drink but he didn't drink all the time. That night was the worst night of my life....
Child Abuse Story From Jen1 I am being emotional and physically abused. No one seems to believe me because my parents put on an act when other people are around. I have tried getting ...
Child Abuse Story From A Survivor My Unspoken Truth: I'm so glad I finally found a site where I can finally speak the truth. I'm currently 21 years old, and since I was little I ...
Child Abuse Story From L My Shameful Childhood: Father died when I was 8, sister 10, brother 13. Mother is from Japan where the male is dominant. My brother has always ...
Child Abuse Story From BeckiLou
Oh my, where do I start?
BACKGROUND - Wonderful parents, 3 brothers, 2 sisters, very close to father, I mean 150% "Daddy's Girl"
ABUSE - When I ...
Child Abuse Story From Lexi The Secret I Wouldn't Tell: It all started one morning when I was seven. My sister and I were getting ready to go to school. My stepfather, known ...
Child Abuse Story From Bonnie I can't believe I am finally going to get this out. But I am starting to realize that keeping what happened to me silent, I am keeping that demon in. Only ...
Child Abuse Story From Disabled Survivor My abuse was milder than some people on this site. I was abused by three different people. The first instance was when I was 6. I had a babysitter that ...
Child Abuse Story From Missy I'm 19 years old. I ask myself the same question every day, what did I do? but I never find an answer. I don't remember ever knowing what it feels to be ...
Child Abuse Story From Laura2 Not the childhood I wanted: I grew up in the small town of Marshall, North Carolina. Marshall will remind you of Mayberry from the Andy Griffith ...
Child Abuse Story From Tom J I found out five years ago my daughter was sexually abused by her grandfather (my wife's dad). My daughter was in 9th grade when she finally found the ...
Child Abuse Story From Name Undisclosed11 Fatherly Abuse: I was 7 years old when my father really started to show more signs of the abuse, but it actually started when I was 5 years old....
Child Abuse Story From Joanne It was freshmen year. I liked this boy and he liked me. I was a good girl. Good grades, good judgment. One evening I walked to the corner store. The guy ...
Child Abuse Story From Touched2mysoul Part 7 Haunted...that's the word that best describes something I know...something I remember...something I still feel...the fear was so real it had a taste, it ...
Child Abuse Story From Ashley4 From the age of 5 till I was 13 years old: I am a 17-year-old young lady that was abused physically, mentally, emotionally, and sexually for 8 ...
Child Abuse Story From Anonymous31 I was 3 years old when my brother made me put his privates in my mouth. I still shiver, because that memory does not fade. Again, three years later when ...
Child Abuse Story From Gabrielle1 Trying to save a nephew from abuse and a survivor's story: This is not only my story, but the story of my one-year-old nephew. For thirteen years ...
Child Abuse Story From Hallee I should start with a bit of background information. My parents were very young when they had my brother. My mother had just graduated high school and ...
Child Abuse Story From Touched2mysoul Part 6 Tired-that's right I'm tired. I have always had to fight to have. I had to grow up fast. Learn to take care of myself to keep myself safe. I had to learn ...
Child Abuse Story from Mimi I'm not really sure if I am abused, but whenever my father gets mad or frustrated, he yells at me and blames things on me and my mom. He doesn't like it ...
Child Abuse Story From Joon
Trembling: It all happened on February...
Every Year, on February 1st, I tremble in fear...
I can't help but cut myself with a compass or sit ...
Child Abuse Story From Chelsea
On September 1, 1993 I was born into a loving family. Although times were tough, my mom was always there behind me, supporting my every move.
Jonathan:...
Child Abuse Story From Angelica I was about 7 and my mom had met this guy and I thought he was cool, nothing wrong until "The Day" happened. I was just getting to know him and he always ...
Child Abuse Story From Alyce I can't use my real name because I am too scared my parents will read this. It was not my father who was the cause of the abuse, it was my mother. I wanted ...
Child Abuse Story From Benjamine Marsh I was abused by George O. A. Lowe, the pastor my church, Mount Hope Baptist in Stafford, Virginia. During the summer, between my freshmen and sophomore ...
Child Abuse Story From Arienna I was 5 years old when I first was sexually abuse. It was something that I thought will never happen to me, and because it did I think that's why I was ...
Child Abuse Story From Mrs S Doors Wide Open: I am in my 50s. My life did not start until I was 21. Before then I did not belong to myself. I did not know who I was or where ...
Child Abuse Story From Luke WARNING - DEPICTS DISTURBING VIOLENCE: It started when I was 7. My dad had been drinking ever since I was a baby, but when I was 7 his drinking ...
Child Abuse Story From Mel I'm 19 years old. I used to live with my mum, dad and two brothers. My dad was an abusive alcoholic and my mum worked most nights in a nursing home. All ...
Child Abuse Story From Skylar
I do not wish to use my real name. Just the thought of some of the people that scarred me even 41 years later makes me shaky.
When I was young my parents ...
Child Abuse Story From Carolyn Never Knowing What To Do... When I was 6 months old I was taken from a home where I and an older sister of mine was neglected, and placed into ...
Child Abuse Story From Eileen It all started when I was around 3-4. My dad is bi-polar. My brother is 5 years older than me. First my brother would just touch me-inappropriately. Then ...
Child Abuse Story From Deborah When I was in the 5th grade I had a best friend that I would visit on a regular basis. Her mom and my mom had been friends for years so it was nothing ...
Child Abuse Story From Name Undisclosed10
Trapped Somewhere in the Past: Children should be seen and not heard.
Respect has to be earned by children.
Children never argue with adult ...
Child Abuse Story From Kayla1 Part 2 This world is really screwed up...well...not this world...the people in it...almost 10 years of physical and psychological abuse can really take its toll ...
Child Abuse Story From Angel Looking back, it's only now that I realize what happened to me when I was younger. And it hurts; some of the pain I feel now is from having done nothing,...
Child Abuse Story From Sam1 Emotional Abuse: My kind of abuse is emotional. My dad hits my mom. He doesn't touch me but he tells me I do things wrong and constantly yells ...
Child Abuse Story From A. Lopez When I was just a lil girl, about 5 or 6 years old, my long lost brother came to live with us from Puerto Rico. He was the oldest out of 5, so my mom would ...
Child Abuse Story From Sarah A I can't remember how old I was when the first abuse took place. I think I was 3 or 4, just a baby. I only get vague flashbacks of details. My mother had ...
Child Abuse Story From Andy The Babysitter/Neighbor: I was about five years old when my parents asked our neighbor to watch me after school while they were at work. She was ...
Child Abuse Story From Susan2 I am twenty-four years old and live alone in a city a few miles from where I was born. Though I am told often how pretty I am, I don't feel so pretty. Though ...
Child Abuse Story From Cynthia I don't remember much but what I do remember is very painful. I was a baby, only five years old, when a neighbor sexually abused me. His wife babysat me,...
Child Abuse Story From Lisa4 I haven't had a very good childhood, and by childhood I mean a couple of years ago. It starts off from when I was about...well actually, it starts from ...
Child Abuse Story From Emily2 When I was 3 my brother was born. My parents were both addicted to drugs. When my mom would go out to get the drugs, she would be gone for HOURS. Then ...
Child Abuse Story From Christina Many people don't know how hard it is to live through being sexually abused. You run to tell people you think you can trust but they don't believe you....
Child Abuse Story From Tatiana Part 2: A Poem
As I try to fight back my tears
all I can hear is the screams from the other room
all I know is that I'm next
all I can do is pray that my mom's all ...
Child Abuse Story From Joe2 Years of abuse: I am a 40 year old male that grew up in a very physically abusive household. Beatings from my dad were very common, and as a result ...
Child Abuse Story From Kate1 A broken spirit: I met my boyfriend in 2007 when we were both 17, almost 18. He's sweet, caring, would give me the world, never thinks twice about ...
Child Abuse Story From Ysabele I don't even remember when it started. It was with my elder brother and was definitely pre-pubescent, but I can't put an age to when it first started. I ...
Child Abuse Story From Marlie I am 15 years old and I am looking for a way to report my abusive dad. He is only abusive to me, his step-daughter. He is wonderful to his three other ...
Child Abuse Story from touched2mysoul Part 5 Alone...yep that's it...I feel it now...today...sometimes more than ever...sometimes it's not there...but it always comes back. Child abuse alienates you....
Child Abuse Story From Aleksandra Part 2 It is getting even worse now. I posted on this site last year (see Part 1 of Aleksandra's story ) and didn't report my abuse, thinking it would go away....
Child Abuse Story From Lilly2
"It's your fault."
"You deserve it."
"You should never have been born, you're worthless."
These were just a few of the 'supportive' words the little ...
Child Abuse Story From Jason Part 2 Before my mother met this man my life wasn't good. I can say that when the abuse started it replaced the other parts of my life that were bad, but it must ...
Child Abuse Story From Megan1 Part 2 I just had court yesterday, and they ruled that I am to be returned home within a year! I strongly do not want to be returned home, and all of the people ...
Child Abuse Story From Tammy I wanted to die! I quess I knew early on not to upset my mother. She almost killed my brothers and started beating me when I was around 5 years ...
Child Abuse Story From Trudy Don't know what to do: My mom works at night every other week. My sister and me are home lots of time with my stepfather. I was only 6 when she ...
Child Abuse Story From Name Undisclosed9 Child abuse with drugs: I was eight when my parents got divorced. I remember crying a lot about it because I was close to my parents. I thought ...
Child Abuse Story From Benjamin Child Witnesses Father Beating Up His Mother: I'm in the back part of the house playing with my toys when I hear some shouting, so I go to investigate....
Child Abuse Story From Jessica9 Living the life I want: When I was under six I got sexually abuse by a much older cousin. That went on for years. By the time I told people, it ...
Child Abuse Story From Megan1 I have been hit, punched, slapped, beaten, forced to strip naked, and other things for almost my whole life by my mother. My father was always around ...
Child Abuse Story From Ebilz The person who abused me was my father, the one person whom I thought I could actually trust. I was eight years old. My aunt was living with me. She always ...
Child Abuse Story From Mike Part 2 Is it my imagination? - Part 2: I was reading some of the other stories and it made me wonder...I do have rages. I never project them at my wife ...
Child Abuse Story From Mike Part 1 Is it my imagination? My trouble was with my father. At around 5 I remember being thrown across the living room, hitting the wall and landing on ...
Child Abuse Story From Cher Bear He was my uncle. Started living with my mom, younger brother and I when I was about 11. He used to shove a fork inside me to make sure I wouldn't tell ...
Child Abuse Story From Charlotte1 I don't know whether what I experienced in childhood is technically 'abuse' or not. I know I have never been happy. I'm 51 and in a fairly good marriage ...
Child Abuse Story From Linda1 Part 2 A Glass House: Growing up in an incestuous home was very frightening and scary. Inside the home we did not tell the secrets we had. My mother ...
Child Abuse Story From Cassandra I grew up with two brothers, a sister and both parents. To those looking in, mine was a perfect family. They didn't know what happened when no one was ...
Child Abuse Story from CM
I was 5 or 6 years old when a teenager living in my neighbourhood came by my home offering candy every time I was home alone.
He came with candies every ...
Child Abuse Story From Alma So many times I wanted to say something but couldn't, for fear of what would happen to my family or to myself if I told. My father had told when I was ...
Child Abuse Story From Kayla1 My Battle With Abuse: My childhood was terrible...my mom was crazy, violent, and heartless. She hit me with her car, cut my wrists, banged my head ...
Child Abuse Story From Anthony I have read mostly the male stories on this site and wish to tell some of mine as I feel it may help others. It all revolves around my father who was into ...
Child Abuse Story From Marlene It seems for me a least sex abuse has been part of my life since I was born. When I was younger, my uncle started abusing me, but I have little memory ...
Child Abuse Story From Conswella Black on Black racism: How much are you worth? My abusive childhood story never ends. The symptoms of yesterday severely interrupt my happiness ...
Child Abuse Story From Rita J I come from a family of eight. I have an older brother and four younger sisters. Pedophiles, incest, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, violent verbal abuse,...
Child Abuse Story From Kayleen The man With The Evil Eyes: When I was 7 my mom was dating this guy, and he seemed alright in the beginning. Then he started doing things, like ...
Child Abuse Story From Isis Today for the first time in my life I saw myself without having to look in the mirror. Today for the first time in my 35 years of living I can embrace ...
