Child Abuse Stories
 If you're looking for child abuse stories, you've certainly come to the right place. This site has over 1000 stories from contributors all over the world!
If you've answered 'yes' to any of the above questions, I'd love to hear from you!Join the hundreds of story writers who have given voice to their suffering. If you want to be among the people who have courageously shared their stories, the process is easy and offers notification options when someone comments on your story. NOTE: The Feedback and Comments section that used to be on this page has now been moved to another page. Check out stories feedback for all feedback and comments posted up to and including August 19, 2007. Rules of Etiquette for posting comments: - Be respectful
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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
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AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS: I congratulate you and wish you great success if you have written and/or published a book about your child abuse experiences. Please be aware that I do not promote books on this site. Story contributions submitted for the purpose of promoting a book will not be accepted.
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Child Abuse Story From Anomynus For a Friend
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 her ...
Child Abuse Story From Dan1
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 ...
Child Abuse Story From Lighthouse
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 adopted ...
Child Abuse Story From The Boy
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 went ...
Child Abuse Story From Jo2
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 so ...
Child Abuse Story From C
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 ...
Child Abuse Story From Andrea W
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 8 ...
Child Abuse Story From Tawnya
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 nightmare ...
Child Abuse Story From Name Undisclosed26
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 long ...
Child Abuse Story From Chelsea R
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 me....
Child Abuse Story From Kay
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 worst ...
Child Abuse Story From Barry M
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 ...
Child Abuse Story From VLM
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 Bros....
Child Abuse Story From Christina O
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 ...
Child Abuse Story From Kaylee
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. That'...
Child Abuse Story From Chantal
Emotion abuse story: I was the youngest of four children, all girls. My father had very explosive anger problems and was fairly emotionally abusive....
Child Abuse Story From Shayla
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 people ...
Child Abuse Story From L For My Friend
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....
Child Abuse Story From Samantha2
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 and ...
Child Abuse Story From Kathy1
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 ...
Child Abuse Stories and Poems by Kennesaw
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Child Abuse Story From Conrad
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. At ...
Child Abuse Story From Courtney M
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 helping ...
Child Abuse Story From Older and Wiser
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 physical ...
Child Abuse Story From Kathleen
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 ...
Child Abuse Story From Kathryne
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 help ...
Child Abuse Story From Name Undisclosed25
Ghost: My observation of people is that most display varying degrees of abusive behavior throughout their lifetimes. I don't know how anyone can ...
Child Abuse Story From Little Girl Lost
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 ...
Child Abuse Stories by Marissa
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Child Abuse Story From Elizabeth
And that was it, the discussing smell, "Jub Jub". I wanted to throw up, to yell, to scream, to strangle him and never let him take a breath again.
He ...
Child Abuse Story From Paulina L
From the time I was 3 years old I was sexually abused by my uncle till I was about twelve, and from the time I was eight to also about the time I was twelve....
Child Abuse Story From Lexi1
My stepdad ruined my life: I was 12 years old when it all started. My abuser was my stepdad. My mom married him a few months before the nightmare ...
Child Abuse Story From Dianna I
The Blood OF Ten Souls: I am the 6th child of ten children. I was brutally abused by my father. He would use extension cords, light cords, water ...
Child Abuse Story From Charlotte3
I have just turned 12. I didn't have a good birthday, as I only got some socks and some secondhand pair of school shoes. My nan said she would get me anything ...
Child Abuse Story From FR
I have been battling my personal troubles for the last twenty six years. It's been really a tough time for me. I cannot remember being happy since the ...
Child Abuse Story From Meghann1
When I was just a baby my mom left. Now I am 11 years old and live with my grandma and my dad. My dad works as a fireman and sleeps in the firehouse a ...
Child Abuse Story From Emily S
My life as a teen—I was trafficked, raped and beaten by my stepdad: My life has sucked. When I was living with my mom, my stepdad at nine ...
Child Abuse Stories by Shannon5
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Child Abuse Story From KJA
I'm having severe nightmares of sexual abuse, from my neighbor back when I was 6. I'm 18 now and I've had these nightmares for almost a year. They started ...
Child Abuse Story From Nadeen
My story: I don't know if I am being abused. I don't even know if this is just a sibling rivalry, but here is my story.
My brother is 10 years ...
Child Abuse Story From KC
I was about 9 or 10. My sister and I were sleeping in the double bed that we shared. A friend of the family, Tom, was staying over. In the middle of the ...
Child Abuse Story From Kaitlyn
My mom started drinking before I was born. She could control it at the time. But after I turned about 7 years old it got worse and worse. Then the abuse ...
Child Abuse Story From Cat A
A brief moment of many in my childhood: "That's it", you screamed at me with a puffy red face while sweat was pouring from your hairline in the ...
Child Abuse Story From Chelsea K
I've lived with my grandparents most of my life, on and off. My mom would come get me, then send me back when I wasn't wanted around anymore. I never knew ...
Child Abuse Story From Cait
From the time I was about 6 years old my father abused me. He wasn't a drunk he is just an angry guy. He would use his work belt and beat the living s*...
Child Abuse Story From Ohio Jessica
I grew up in a small town, but in my house as a child it was like living in hell. You didn't know when to laugh, smile, or cry. You were never sure when ...
Child Abuse Story From Rose1
Sexual Abuse Recovery: I'm going through an extremely confusing stage! As mentioned briefly in another spot, I was abused (Penetrated) for many ...
Child Abuse Stories by K2
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Child Abuse Story From Nora
Child abuse in the end of 60s beginning of 70s: I am trying to find pictures taken of me in the 60s. I was sexually abused and I believe my pictures ...
Child Abuse Story From Jack
My parents were never married to each other. This was because my dad was already married but he was getting a divorce which since he had kids took longer ...
Child Abuse Story From Amy1
I am 13 years old and I always get physically abused. I'm not going to go into the real detail but it's really bad. It affects my grades and my attitude ...
Child Abuse Story From Sara3
There are often times where I think, and feel like I'm missing a part of me. I used to wish that I could figure out what made me who I am today. When I ...
Child Abuse Story From Adam
From the time I was four my dad used the belt on me. My dad was a very angry man. He grew up in a violent home and didn't appreciate it one bit. But still ...
Child Abuse Story From Name Undisclosed24
Flashbacks as an adult from witnessing abuse as a girl: When I was a little girl, from about the age of 5-12 I had a father who was very unstable....
Child Abuse Story From Nikki4
Really confused: Ok, so this may sound weird but I'm kind of confused about my childhood. One incident that I remember hazily happened with my ...
Child Abuse Story From MTD
It's hard to know where to start. The emotional abuse by my mother extends as far back as my memories do, and continued until I cut ties with her at 41....
Child Abuse Story From Frejya
The real thief... : I was in sixth class in Australia - I was eleven years old. My father was a lot older than my mum in years but not in maturity....
Child Abuse Story From Jason Part 3
I want to disclose something that weighs on me very heavily. That is the abuse I received from school administrators and law enforcement in my hometown....
Child Abuse Story From Name Undisclosed23
17 years old and still confused: My mom's husband is a drunk. A mean drunk at that. I was nine years old and my mom worked twelve-hour night shifts ...
Child Abuse Story From Brad P
I typed my story out last night, only to find out it was over 5,000 words, and yet I still feel like I failed to convey more than a fraction of the whole ...
Child Abuse Story From Anonymous36
Why did I repeat the pattern??? My mom and dad were not monsters, but frustrated. I got to be the whipping post. I was a good kid, good student,...
Child Abuse Story From Jon1
I was born to someone who did not want me. I was given up for adoption when I was 1 week old. Two guys (I will call them Ryan and Bryan) adopted me. I ...
Child Abuse Story From Christina B
Note from Darlene Barriere – Webmaster: The following poem was submitted with Christina B's The Lighter Side contribution titled Writing Since ...
Child Abuse Story From Kellen Part 2
I wrote about 4 months ago. Since then a lot has changed. I've had some time to really think through some things about what's happened and in the past....
Child Abuse Stories by Stacy Lynn
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Child Abuse Story From Viki
I was seven. It was after my parents were divorced and I went to live with my dad (I chose, he tricked me) and that's when he started. He would yell day ...
Child Abuse Story From Rebecca
When I was 7/8 my sister sexually abused me. She was 13/14. We would play a game and it would somehow lead to me laying on the bed naked and my sister ...
Child Abuse Story From Senia1
I thought it was over: I was adopted from Russia when I was 11 years old by an American family. All the abuse and hurt I felt before I thought ...
Child Abuse Story From Cathrine
Painful Memories: Everything was fine when I had my son, at 18...I knew I had been abused but the memories were supressed. I simply made a vow ...
Child Abuse Story From Nicole1
My brother molested me: I'm 18 years old now but when I was like 8 or 9 my brother molested me. And when I was in my grandma's swimming pool my ...
Child Abuse Story From MK
My Past, Present, and Future: I'm 15 years old and I have been having a long suffer with emotional abuse and physical abuse. Before I was even ...
Child Abuse Story From Alexander
WE NEVER HEAL BUT WE SURVIVE: To all the children of the world who have suffered these horrific atrocities, you are the bravest survivors of all ...
Child Abuse Story From Anonymous35
Pretty much, I was abused physically and emotionally as a child. Both my parents did it (but mostly my dad) because they thought it was a good way to punish ...
Child Abuse Story From Nichola B
Sooo....where to start? I find myself saying this quite often in all the counselling sessions that I am having. It has been quite a journey so far. I can ...
Child Abuse Stories by Marie1
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Child Abuse Story From Rita
A Child's Innocence Taken Away... I told my story before, but never on paper. From what I understand, I was five, which would make my oldest brother ...
Child Abuse Story From Ellen
It all started as a young child. My mother has some sort of problem, a mental problem. It was extreme emotional abuse. At first she would tell me I wasn'...
Child Abuse Story From Me1
I recently started therapy to help me understand my past. I have only had 1 session so far. I am 42 years old. I am beginning to wonder if I was emotionally ...
Child Abuse Stories by Rob
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Child Abuse Story From Rhiannon
I am 26 years old – for the past 13 years I have hidden a secret and it has nearly destroyed me. When I was approximately 10 years old, my step father ...
Child Abuse Story From Name Undisclosed22
I am 32 years old. I am a mother, wife, and a victim of physical, mental and sexual abuse. I am the youngest of 10 children. I often was made to feel unwanted....
Child Abuse Story From Sharon4
It all began when I was around 6, or thereabouts. I remember Mum telling me I couldn't sit on Dad's knee or cuddle him anymore because I was too old now....
Child Abuse Story From Name Undisclosed21
Unlovable: I have been too afraid to submit something until now. I guess writing it down is admitting to something. I'm not even sure if it is ...
Child Abuse Stories by Mary4
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Child Abuse Story From Comelian
I have never really ever opened up about my abuse in detail. I have always been proud of how I have handled myself. I was abused by my grandfather, stepfather ...
Child Abuse Story From Chrissie
My mum and dad split up after my mum gave birth to me, to find my dad in bed with her best friend. He use to hit my mum before she had me though. So that ...
Child Abuse Story From Jeff H
My abuse started at age four, after my mother (who had divorced my dad when I was still an infant) moved us out of my grandparents' house (where I had ...
Child Abuse Story From Eleanor
I am so glad that I've made it. My mother worked days when I was young, and still does. My father had a day job. He was lagging in work so he was fired....
Child Abuse Stories by Kara
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Child Abuse Story From JP
May I present my story, though I might be not making sense. I am being abused right now but haven't found a solution, just more coping mechanism. I don'...
Child Abuse Story From Sumi
When I was 8, I lived in a rented house. I had a neighbour who was doing his college. After returning back from school our parents usually come after 6....
Child Abuse Story From Charlotte2
My ex step dad used to abuse me when I was young but now looking back at it I wish I spoke out before it got worse. My mum worked nights so then he used ...
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Child abuse stories and their effects written by Lonely at Heart
Child Abuse Story From Sofia
I am Sofia and I am now 21. After reading the stories posted here I feel that these were much more than what I faced. I grew up in a home for children ...
Child Abuse Story From Lydia
My mother died when I was nine years old and my older sister took me and my two younger brothers in. She had a common law husband and children of her own....
Child Abuse Stories by Kimberly
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Child Abuse Stories by Dawn
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Child Abuse Story From T
All my life... I don't know if anyone here will believe me but I need someone to just listen to my story. It started with my father, a strong man ...
Child Abuse Story From Kaylee B
Most people didn't think my home was that bad. There was never any physical abuse. But emotional abuse and neglect took a toll on my life. It all happened ...
Child Abuse Story From Lucy1
I would like to share my story to help other children, or teenagers, who are being abused, or have been abused. I am 14 years old. I was abused when I ...
Child Abuse Story From Rachel M
I didn't know what I was doing wasn't right, God help anyone that hurts my child. She is 3 years old. I have already told her what parts of her body can ...
Child Abuse Story From Teresa
Life or Death: I was a victim of child abuse. My mom was single after she had me at a very young age. When I was 5 I would be home alone, and everything ...
Child Abuse Story From BeccaLynn
I never thought I would be in this situation. Around age 7 my father had lost my mother in a car accident. It was hard times for him. He would always say ...
Child Abuse Story From Confused3
I recently started seeing a therapist for my depression and low self-esteem. I haven't mentioned this incident to my therapist yet, as I've never really ...
Child Abuse Stories by Amanda4
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Child Abuse Story From Lily1
Confused: I'm not sure that I ever experienced child abuse or neglect. The worst of the "abuse", if I can call it that, was before the age of 7,...
Child Abuse Story From Grace3
I was, and still am, emotionally and physically abused by my mother and my father. The abuse started very early. I am the youngest, and my parents would ...
Child Abuse Story From Luka1
I don't know if you could consider this abuse, but it has wracked me for years, and makes me feel so dirty, so disgusting. I had gone to stay with my aunt ...
Child Abuse Story From Sophie2
The reason I'm writing this is because I know there are so many people out there who this happens to who I pray each night will find the courage to seek ...
Child Abuse Story From Eve
I don't even know where to start off my story, there are just too many incidents that would count as abuse. Like how every emotional abuse story begins,...
Child Abuse Story From Louise1
Humiliation and Struggle: Where do I start?! I don't really remember absolutely everything of my childhood, but I now know that the way I was treated ...
Child Abuse Story From S
I'm not sure when the abuse started...my earliest memories of something being wrong was when I was about 8 I think...
My Mum and Dad split up before ...
Child Abuse Story From Beatrice
Hello! :-) Darlene, when I read what you had to go through as a consequence of child abuse I recognized a lot what I had (and have) to deal with ...
Child Abuse Story From Alexis2
I am using a different name so as to avoid detection by my abuser. My abuse started when I was about four I think. My mother would find things I'd done ...
Child Abuse Story From Undisclosed Female
My story or at least vague parts of it: I don't know why I'm writing this. I don't know why I'm writing this? I know I told myself that if I wrote ...
Child Abuse Story From That Lad
My story: When I look back at my first ever smile, it was with my abuser. I said my first words to my abuser. Well, let me tell my secret. When ...
Child Abuse Story From Sasha
When I was fourteen, my stepdad took me to an elite type party and made me feel like an absolute queen. I was with my stepsister who'll I call Rebecca....
Child Abuse Story From Britt
Emotional Abuse: I don't suffer severe child abuse like so many people on this site, in fact I probably shouldn't even post this but...my father ...
Child Abuse Story From Red1
Dysfunction: I'm new at this and I don't like people judging me so I'm using a fake name, sorry. My story starts out when I was born. I have always ...
Child Abuse Story From Naomi
When I was five years old I was molested by a stranger at a park. My brain holds repressed memories, but I am slowly remembering.
I remember one afternoon ...
Child Abuse Story From Nikki S
I was born into a dysfunction family of drugs and physical abuse. I and my siblings were apprehended by the CAS when I was 4. We were all separated into ...
Child Abuse Story From Mary C
THE PAIN! The abuse all started at the age of 5. I was sexually and physically abused by my stepdad. I had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. I was the oldest. When ...
Child Abuse Story From Josie W
Growing up, I thought I had the quintessential childhood: a father who was a well-respected doctor in a small town in Missouri, a mother who baked delicious ...
Child Abuse Story From Katie A
When I was younger, I was both physically and emotionally abused by my mother. It's hard to remember, mainly because it happened quite a few years ago,...
Child Abuse Story From Brianne
When I was born, I lived with my mom and older brother. My mom had kicked my dad out before I was born. My mom worked a lot and was rarely home. My brother ...
Child Abuse Story From Alexis1
I was physically and sexually abused at the age of 7 for a year. I can't say that what has happened to me is the worst. But it's definitely a story that ...
Child Abuse Story From Amanda9
Abuse Hurts: My mother was a drug addict, and she left me in the care of my step-father who sexually abused me. For the longest time I repressed ...
Child Abuse Story From Deebee
Abuse from older sister: I am really effected at the moment by events that happened when I was a child at the hands of my sister. I stood up to ...
Child Abuse Story From Maria2
My mom was always way too proud of herself and still is. She wouldn't let me do anything wrong even though she did everything wrong. I remember she would ...
Child Abuse Story From Lola
My mum and dad separated when I was one, and my older sister was two. My older brother died while my mother was dying during a suicide attempt.
I'd ...
Child Abuse Story From Alyn
Why me: From an early age I was physically abused my mother. She would hit me with whatever she had in her hand when she really lost her temper ...
Child Abuse Story From Ana H
When I was born I was never let outside. I was never allowed to interact with anyone but my family. I was made to stay in a small room off my parents' room....
Child Abuse Story From Genie
When I was a little girl I found my mother's childhood photo album. What I expected to be happy pictures of my mother on the shoulders of her father turned ...
Child Abuse Story From Dee G
Lelita: I am 56 years old and it still hurts. Both my parents were abusers. The same story: my dad was an alcoholic, macho man. He always had his ...
Child Abuse Story From Asha
From 1994 to 2000: I was born in a Muslim family and before me I already had 3 sisters. I was not wanted because my parents had wanted a son after ...
Child Abuse Story From Name Undisclosed20
I grew up in a small town, middle class neighborhood and was an exceptionally shy boy at nine years old. I was also small for my age and that factor weighed ...
Child Abuse Story From Meghan
My abuse was from my step dad. He was around as long as I can remember and seemed really nice. Looking back I guess it was always going on, it just got ...
Child Abuse Story From Christina1
Hated Unwanted Girl: I just remember my mother being angry all the time. She was so mean. So hostile. So incredibly harsh. My older sister Patti ...
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
ReferencesNOTE: Information pages on this site were based on material from the  Canadian Red Cross RespectED Training Program. Written permission was obtained to use their copyrighted material on this site.
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