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Child Abuse Story From Ashley For My Baby Sister

by Ashley
(California, USA)




My little sister (step sister) is 8 years old and is being mentally and emotionally, and possibly physically abused. My step father shares custody with his ex wife and they have two children together, N--, who is 8, and R-- who is 6. Their mother has a boyfriend who is violent in the home that he stays in with the children. He fights with their mother constantly and screams at the children all the time. Nalani has told us that it has gotten physical between the boyfriend and her mom. She is terrified of this man, she doesn't want to go to her moms and she writes in a journal and some of her entrys bring me to tears. She can't sleep at night when she is there and she crys all the time. Her mother doesn't care that her daughter has these feels about the boyfriend. We are terrified that he may be molesting her or hurting her in some way. The sheriff won't do anything about it and we have reported it to CPS but they haven't come out to check on N-- yet. We are afraid of getting a call one day saying that he has done something to N-- and we will be too late. She begs us to help her and crys and pleads us to not make her go there, the Sheriff thinks she is making it up or someone is coaching her but an 8 year old can't fake these emotions. We don't know where else to turn.




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Child Abuse Story From Ashley For My Baby Sister

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Jan 08, 2012
Ashley:
by: Darlene Barriere - Webmaster

You're a very special, caring and compassionate sister. Your step sisters aren't the only ones who need help. You need help dealing with the stress of all of this. I will tell you to forget getting the Sheriff involved. Their role in these types of cases is minimal, if at all. I'd go so far as to say they're pretty much useless in these types of cases. Sometimes reported cases get lost in the shuffle with CPS, so they need to be contacted again, only this time, escalate to someone higher up than an intake worker. And please contact Child Help at 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453) in order to talk to someone about how all this is affecting you. They are staffed 24/7 with professionally trained counsellors who will listen to you. They are not a reporting agency. Visit their website by copying & pasting the following URL into your browser: http://www.childhelp.org/get_help

Keep being a positive role model and support system for N--. Even though you may not be able to affect change in her environment, your support and encouragement about who she is as a person and her qualities and gifts can go such a long way. Keep showing her the love you feel for her. In this way, she's at the very least got someone in her life who is a positive influence; and right now she needs that more than you can ever know. Thank you for sharing your sister's story with my visitors and me, Ashley. I send you and both these little girls love, light and positive energy.

P.S. I removed your email address, as I do not permit any personal information like this on my site. That's in order to ensure your safety here, Ashley. Any comments that my visitors may have for you will have to be shared via the comments link on this page. I thank you for your understanding.

From Victim to Victory, a memoir
Darlene Barriere
Webmaster: www.child-abuse-effects.com
author. speaker. survivor. coach
From Victim to Victory, a memoir

Jan 09, 2012
Keep calling!
by: Anonymous

Ashley,this is scary. If your little sister is afraid,she probably has good reason to be. Be her voice. Call CPS over and over and over if you have to until they HAVE to pay attention. Too many children are killed because they have no one to speak for them. Please don't give up.

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