673 Quotes About Child-abuse

By the time I was five, he yelled at me so much I thought my name was Asshole.

If a child grows up in an environment infested with predators, he or she would have a hard time building healthy relationships in society, the whole life.

Neglect is a form of implicit abuse.

The abused children feel so useless within that they become more vulnerable to exploitation in the future too.

Every child apprehends, feels and changes with age and developmental stage, as they also learn to develop. Nevertheless, if you recognize what to expect and predict with a child’s behavior, you will be less annoyed and less destructive.

I had a long talk with my dear Fat Mary that night, because I had many questions. Could someone actually be beaten to death by such a nun? Did Mother Rufina, the new Superior, know that Sister Clotilda was so cruel? Who let her work with children? Could nuns go to hell? Fat Mary told me she didn’t know the answers to my questions, but she reminded me that it was her role to take my worries and burdens and keep them for me until a time when I could understand them.

There are parents who use their small children as weapons. They are weak people. Sick people. And their children are watching them, watching how Mom and Dad use them as weapons.

If you are really doing all this for your kids, then why are you so mean to them?

What tenacity! What spirit! I feel so alive in her presence. I can conquer the world with her by my side. If she'd let him, he'd violate his rule about becoming involved with a client . . .