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- Fact: Physical abuse is just one type of child abuse. Neglect and emotional abuse can be just as damaging, and since they are more subtle or harder to notice, other people are less likely to intervene.
- Affirmations are expressions that have the power to transform your life by influencing the way you think about yourself, others, and the world around you. When you change how you think, you change how you act, and the results can be immensely...
- Because pets are people, too!
- Are you a loner or one of society's dropouts?I am a reforming loner myself - to me, that's someone who is a loner but who is trying to become more sociable.If you are a loner, I would like to invite you to read something and then tell us if it...
- If you took the same excuses that people use for not going to church and apply them to other important areas of life you'd realize how inconsistent we can be in our logic: 1. I was forced to as a child.2. People who make soap are only after your...
- Some abused children, having escaped their abuse, and having nowhere to go and no one to turn to, become loners or society's dropouts. They tend to end up in jobs that pay minimally, live in places such as old hotels and motels, homeless shelters,...
- Children need predictability, structure, clear boundaries, and the knowledge that their parents are looking out for their safety. Abused children cannot predict how their parents will act. Their world is an unpredictable, frightening place with no...
- “Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.”-Mark Twain
- While child abuse and neglect occurs in all types of families—even in those that look happy from the outside - children are at a much greater risk in certain situations. Domestic violence. Witnessing domestic violence is terrifying to children and...
- Aside from the physical damage that sexual abuse can cause, the emotional component is powerful and far-reaching. Sexually abused children are tormented by shame and guilt. They may feel that they are responsible for the abuse or somehow brought it...
- In physical abuse, unlike physical forms of discipline, the following elements are present: Unpredictability. The child never knows what is going to set the parent off. There are no clear boundaries or rules. The child is constantly walking on...
- Physical abuse involves physical harm or injury to the child. It may be the result of a deliberate attempt to hurt the child, but not always. It can also result from severe discipline, such as using a belt on a child, or physical punishment that is...
- Child neglect—a very common type of child abuse—is a pattern of failing to provide for a child's basic needs, whether it be adequate food, clothing, hygiene, or supervision. Child neglect is not always easy to spot. Sometimes, a parent might...
- Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me? Contrary to this old saying, emotional abuse can severely damage a child’s mental health or social development, leaving lifelong psychological scars. Examples of emotional child...
- I have two brothers and two sisters that I have not seen in person for decades. I would like to be able to communicate with them by email and phone, but I can’t. I tried communicating with them through a few email messages a couple of years ago,...