stop and make people EVEN MORE AWARE of child abuse

I did that when I was in high school, my father found out when it was at page 19. From then on, I stopped writing. I burned all the stuff I wrote along with all the letters and cards. It took me almost 3 hours. Fortunately, I started blogging on January 2003, and it’s been over 5 years. It’s different, though, more like me talking to myself. At least I could be my best friend.

When I was younger, I didn’t have anyone to talk to, I thought all the families were like mine, I thought what I’d been through was normal, I thought the reason I was punished all the time was because I was not good enough, until I read a book about child abuse. So I wanted to write a book about it, hope it may help stop and make people more aware of child abuse.

I try to stay emotionally stable, I’m not sure if I can finish the book in the end. But I know I should do this because it kills me to see even just one more victim.

Some more on this later. If you are interesting, you may read other posts on the topic and also go to Allpoetry.com

we were sitting at the red light. The man in front of us was on his bike, and on the back of his leather vest it said: “Bikers against child abuse.” I can’t even describe the feeling that shot through me. It really warmed my heart, and it made me really emotional. Only those who’s been through it would fully understand and appreciate such gesture. The light turned green and off he went on his Harley. Thank you.

Slowly but surely this goal is expanding. Thank you, guys!

Can you imagine how many more are out there that never get caught?

http://freetexassexoffenderslist.org/

HOWEVER, MOST of it done not by a stranger, but by the family friend or relative. It’s good to educate your children about strangers, it’s more important to educate them about their bodies and their rights. Innocence should be protected.

ugh. i can’t say much here, but i’ve become aware of something that happened to a child i know and i’m so so frustrated at the responses i’ve gotten from some people i’ve mentioned it to. I’m sick of people blocking this out by saying that too often it’s just kids mucking around or overreacting. it’s not ok to think like that because what if that’s not the case? what if you’re telling a child who’s been abused that they’re exaggerating? ugh

I finally understand why seeing/being around small children bothers me. When I was a child, no other child (except for one) that I knew could relate to what I’ve been through. I don’t know if she made it. In a way, I hope that she did. In another way, I witnessed how she died (or perhaps just passed out from the pain). This issue gets deep, too deep in fact. I’m terrified of becoming the kind of parent that I’ve always resented to become. We say that we would never do something like that, but guess what, we screw up. I just don’t want to be that screwed up to my children. I want to give them what they deserve and more without raising bums and kiss ups. I know this sounds harsh but…you don’t know where I’m coming from…the truth that was based on lies…the promises that were based on nothing…too much…too many times…

“in Australia during 2002-2003 there were 198,355 reports of suspected cases of child abuse and neglect made to state authorities”
I don’t feel like I should even need to say anything to add to this quote (from http://www.aifs.gov.au/nch/sheets/rs1.html – australian institute of family studies). Whether it’s in the US or Australia or anywhere else in the world child abuse of any kinds is just unacceptable. It’s something that needs to be spoken about. I’m sure I’ll have a lot of people disagreeing with me about this, but I think kids need to be educated about abuse, not feeling responsible for it and about telling someone about it. Child abuse happens and a lot of the time no one knows about it, or they don’t want to know about it so they ignore it. arg. I can tell you one thing for sure, once a child feels they’re responsible for what’s being/has been done to them that feeling never really goes away. Please don’t let this happen to any more children.

how much stuff is out about child abuse…books, support groups, websites, and so on…and yet, so many children are being abused day after day. I’m not talking just about physical, I’m talking about mental, verbal, physical, and sexual abuse or all of them together. All of those who survive aren’t just survivors, they’re heroes in my eyes. It’s not about strangers, people! Those who rape (about 99.9%) are friends or relatives or both. Will people ever wake up and smell the roses? I’m not talking about one country in particular, it’s everywhere. However, here in U.S., we have more chance to turn this thing around than anywhere else. Please, don’t comment if you don’t like my mentioning of U.S. I’m a strong believer in certaing things and this is one of them. This is my opinion and my beleive.