Abuse Quote by Carolyn Ainscough

“Childhood abuse is the misuse of power and control which leads to wrong.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“The abuser does not believe, however, that his level of authority over the children should be in any way connected to his actual level…

— Lundy Bancroft Bancroft

“Abuse is never deserved, it is an exploitation of innocence and physical disadvantage, which is perceived as an opportunity by the abuser.”

— Lorraine Nilon

“Child abuse isn’t evil because it may produce neurotic adults but because it abuses children.”

— Alison Gopnik

“Child Abuse is...the mean and terrible things you do to a child...knowing that you can never get away with doing the same to an…

— Timothy Pina

“An abused child never feels safe, growing up. The wrong that this child has gone through can never be seen or easily imagined by…

— Patricia Dsouza

“Manipulation is majorly at play in sexual abuse. The kid is in full control, influenced, used completely for one’s advantage, to work to the…

— Patricia Dsouza

“Davies and Frawley believe that while the child may be a passive victim of the original sexual abuse, the child’s subsequent active elaboration of…

— Stephen A. Mitchell

There was no such thing as child abuse. Parents owned their children. They could do whatever they wanted.

— Ellen Burstyn

“The little girl's dependency on her father made [his] abuse more insidious.”

— Joan Frances Casey

“A child that’s being abused by its parents doesn’t stop loving its parents, it stops loving itself.”

— Shahida Arabi

On top of the abuse and neglect, denial heaps more hurt upon the child by requiring the child to alienate herself from reality and…

— Anonymous