Abuse-recovery Quote by Jeanne McElvaney

“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

“There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can’t trust anyone, they can’t tell anyone, and…

— C. Kennedy

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

— Patricia Dsouza

“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

“Everyone suffers, we're all caught in a vicious circle of anguish and distress, passed on from abused generation to abused generation. The only way…

— Mango Wodzak

If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.

— Alfie Kohn

“When writing for children, it's important to keep in touch with our own inner child. What frightened them, made them happy, made them sad…

— CJ Heck

“Abused children pick up from their past encounters to expect less of themselves and others. They are not commonly taught to trust and end…

— Patricia Dsouza

The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it.

— Alice Miller

I'm not writing to make anyone's children feel safe.

— J. K. Rowling

“Abused children realize that they cannot rely on their emotions since their innocent love and trust are already crushed and betrayed. They learn that…

— Patricia Dsouza

“...repeated trauma in childhood forms and deforms the personality. The child trapped in an abusive environment is faced with formidable tasks of adaptation. She…

— Judith Lewis Herman