“An Underground Railroad story with a distinctive flavor. –Booklist” — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
“If you are really doing all this for your kids, then why are you so mean to them?” — Dmitry Dyatlov Copy Share Image
“Childhood abuse is the misuse of power and control which leads to wrong.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“I wanted my mother to love me. Despite all the torture and brutality.” — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial.” — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
I am tearing the feathers out of the pillows, waiting, waiting for Daddy to come home and stuff me so full of… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with… — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
“The mind fabricates and believes in whatever it wants to conclude is true because of what occurs on the spur of the… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“We require to get out of our own built up Cocoons, these need to be worn, softened and freed through.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Whilst child abuse may be committed behind closed doors, it should never be swept under the carpet. — Constance Briscoe Copy Share Image
“It is the selfish parents who are to blame. Pay attention, be involved in your children’s lives. They are your legacy, your… — Aaron B. Powell Copy Share Image
Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“Because it is so hard, some people wait until they are in their thirties, forties, fifties, or even older before breaking their… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
No other work has more often been blamed for more heinous crimes by the perpetrators of such crimes. The Bible has been… — Nadine Strossen Copy Share Image
I want young women when they're 14 to start thinking about what they want over the course of their lives. I think… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
We call for the end of bigotry as we know it. The end of racism as we know it. The end of… — Urvashi Vaid Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
“By developing a contaminated, stigmatized identity, the child victim takes the evil of the abuser into herself and thereby preserves her primary… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect,… — Kenny Guinn Copy Share Image
Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children… — Matt Blunt Copy Share Image
“A person raised in a healthy family is equipped to live a confident and independent life; someone from an unhealthy family is… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
“Rarely do page-turners written for middle-school kids also ignite excitement in adults. (A notable exception is the series of Harry Potter books.)… — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
“Students seemed to be willing to behave better and pay more attention when there was somebody in the room who could kick… — David Archer Copy Share Image
“The return of the voices would end in a migraine that made my whole body throb. I could do nothing except lie… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Ritualised child sexual abuse is about abuse of power, control and secrecy. Ten years ago many people found it difficult to believe… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“Most people don’t get (or want) to look at old news footage, but we looked at thirty years of stories relating to… — Susan J. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Christianity may be good and Satanism evil. Under the Constitution, however, both are neutral. This is an important, but difficult, concept for… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Abuse manipulates and twists a child's natural sense of trust and love. Her innocent feelings are belittled or mocked and she learns… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Frosh (2002) has suggested that therapeutic spaces provide children and adults with the rare opportunity to articulate experiences that are otherwise excluded… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image