The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us.” — James Garbarino Copy Share Image
I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
I've really focused a lot on child welfare and dealing with child abuse issues. — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children. — Alison Goldfrapp Copy Share Image
“I'm still not sure if I was a victim or not... and if I was, who was my abuser?” — Eskay Teel Copy Share Image
“When the gates of mockery and abuse is opened, the heart becomes a shock absorber” — Ikechukwu Izuakor Copy Share Image
“If you say there is no such thing as morality in absolute terms, then child abuse is not evil, it just may… — Rebecca Manley Pippert Copy Share Image
“I experience what it is to exist in perpetual fear, afraid, totally controlled, manipulated, ashamed at all times and many more things… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Mia bottled all this up inside of her and just couldn’t manage it any longer. Mia would feel like it was entirely… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Hiding my pain and acting strong, afraid to cry and show my tears, I struggle with all this years later.” — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“It is always a mistake to underestimate how long it takes for mankind to understand the traumas it has suffered, especially the… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
“Being survivors signifies that we have recognized that we have been through a lot that should never have taken place and we… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
I went through child abuse, and I also went through abuse with dating a couple of boyfriends in high school. I also… — Cheryl Burke Copy Share Image
Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have… — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
I was playing heavy metal when I was 18. I had to evolve out of that into an alternative consciousness about what… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
“(Running out of Night) ...is a story that respects this pivotal era of American history, a story that reveals the pain, the… — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
“There is an intensified risk for a child living in a household experiencing domestic violence, because their basic childhood requirement is not… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Our existence is based on the variety of life that we have experienced. Yet, in the end when the reality of identity… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Even child abuse specialists do not routinely screen for domestic violence. This shows how much more education we need to do, even… — Jocelyn Brown Copy Share Image
The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The natural tendency of children is to solve problems, but we try to indoctrinate them with facts, which they are supposed to… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
In The Lost Message of Jesus I claim that penal substitution is tantamount to 'child abuse - a vengeful Father punishing his… — Steve Chalke Copy Share Image
“Richard Gardner (2004), the creator of ‘‘parental alienation syndrome’’, considers that the ‘‘parental alienation syndrome (PAS) is primarily a disorder of childhood.… — Jenny Ann Ryberg Copy Share Image
“Dissociation is the common response of children to repetitive, overwhelming trauma and holds the untenable knowledge out of awareness. The losses and… — Judith Spencer Copy Share Image
“from: The Portrayal of Child Sexual Assault in Introductory Psychology Textbooks - Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Tonya C. Lewis One of the central… — Michelle Rae Hebl Copy Share Image
“Early relational trauma results from the fact that we are often given more to experience in this life than we can bear… — Donald Kalsched Copy Share Image
“Because the victims are “only children,” their distress is trivialized. But in twenty years’ time these children will be adult who will… — Alice MIller, The Drama of the gifted child Copy Share Image
“Those who support such survivors of abuse often find it difficult to hear the reality of those survivors' lives and experience and… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“Everybody sees the ants?" He looks at me and says, "Well, how many people do you think live perfect lives, son? Aren't… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. On… — Claire Wolfe Copy Share Image
