Child Abuse Stories http://www.childabusestories.org Learning and Healing Through Child Abuse Stories Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:22:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Learning and healing through child abuse stories http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:47:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories The child abuse stories on this website are about physical and emotional child abuse. If you are an adult survivor of child abuse, know that you are not alone. Through this website, I will share bits and pieces of the child abuse stories that make up my book. The purpose of this website is to put . . . → Read More: Learning and healing through child abuse stories]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories/feed 0 The Key to Ending Child Abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/home/the-key-to-ending-child-abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/home/the-key-to-ending-child-abuse#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:17:43 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/?p=206 . . . → Read More: The Key to Ending Child Abuse]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/home/the-key-to-ending-child-abuse/feed 0 Child Abuse Questions: A Paradigm Shift http://www.childabusestories.org/home/child-abuse-questions-a-paradigm-shift http://www.childabusestories.org/home/child-abuse-questions-a-paradigm-shift#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:13:13 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/?p=194 Neglect and physical child abuse are so common that they take the lives of five children every day in the United States. As horrible as that statistic is, I want to bring attention to the issues faced by those who survive and attempt to escape their pain by becoming co-dependent, mentally ill, suicidal, alcoholic, drug addicted, . . . → Read More: Child Abuse Questions: A Paradigm Shift]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/home/child-abuse-questions-a-paradigm-shift/feed 0 Media Refuses to Air Child Sexual Abuse Public Service Announcement http://www.childabusestories.org/home/media-refuses-to-air-child-sexual-abuse-public-service-announcement http://www.childabusestories.org/home/media-refuses-to-air-child-sexual-abuse-public-service-announcement#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 04:11:24 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/?p=164 I generally don’t comment on child abuse stories that are about child sexual abuse, because my mission is to bring attention to emotional and physical child abuse. However the following story is so outlandish, it begged for comment.

The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR) was denied a 30-second public service announcement on Philadelphia’s WBEB 101.1FM radio station . . . → Read More: Media Refuses to Air Child Sexual Abuse Public Service Announcement]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/home/media-refuses-to-air-child-sexual-abuse-public-service-announcement/feed 0 Alice Miller dies at 87 http://www.childabusestories.org/home/alice-miller-dies-at-87 http://www.childabusestories.org/home/alice-miller-dies-at-87#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 13:18:19 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/?p=157 I am saddened to learn of the death of Alice Miller, a pioneer psychoanalyst in the field of child abuse. Fortunately for all of us, she ended her therapy practice in 1980, which helped a limited number of survivors, to write books which has touched millions. Though I have not read all of Ms. Miller’s books, . . . → Read More: Alice Miller dies at 87]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/home/alice-miller-dies-at-87/feed 0 Questions To Ask Yourself About Physical Child Abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues/questions-to-ask-yourself-about-physical-child-abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues/questions-to-ask-yourself-about-physical-child-abuse#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:34:36 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/?p=154 . . . → Read More: Questions To Ask Yourself About Physical Child Abuse]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues/questions-to-ask-yourself-about-physical-child-abuse/feed 0 Peter Townsend appearing at the NFL Superbowl http://www.childabusestories.org/home/peter-townsend-appearing-at-the-nfl-superbowl http://www.childabusestories.org/home/peter-townsend-appearing-at-the-nfl-superbowl#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:11:36 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/?p=150 The NFL has hired the “Who” band to play during halftime. The controversy that is brewing is Peter Townsend having been “placed on Britain’s sex offenders register for five years after he admitted accessing child pornography online.”

I understand someone not being guilty unless convicted. However I don’t believe we have all the facts. He claims . . . → Read More: Peter Townsend appearing at the NFL Superbowl]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/home/peter-townsend-appearing-at-the-nfl-superbowl/feed 1 Reflections on child abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-rants/reflections-on-child-abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-rants/reflections-on-child-abuse#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:24:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/home/reflections-on-child-abuse In my mother’s eyes, I failed to see how fortunate I was, which contributed to her justification for abusing me. For example, my mother loved to cook what she called “salmon patties and I could not stand the smell or taste them. (I get nauseated at the smell to this day) I would . . . → Read More: Reflections on child abuse]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-rants/reflections-on-child-abuse/feed 0 My first step of healing from child abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:05:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse My “healing from child abuse” journey began with the movie Mommie Dearest. I had heard all the talk about it being about child abuse and like many others, I was curious. As I left the theater, I remember thinking “That’s child abuse? That’s nothing.” But later that night, as I lay in bed, I . . . → Read More: My first step of healing from child abuse]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse/feed 0 Forgiveness http://www.childabusestories.org/effects-of-child-abuse/forgiveness http://www.childabusestories.org/effects-of-child-abuse/forgiveness#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:30:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/effects-of-child-abuse/forgiveness

Healing from child abuse is a long process which involves specific stages and if you so choose, ends with forgiveness. The first stage is acknowledgment. Despite being severely beaten, I did not realize what happened to me was abuse for two reasons. First, my mind blocked out the worse parts. Second, I did not have a . . . → Read More: Forgiveness]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/effects-of-child-abuse/forgiveness/feed 0