673 Quotes About Child-abuse

Whenever you are faced with darkness… Search for your inner light.”—Jeneen Miller, AuthorPieces of Victory

Even after the bruises disappear, the scars inside you are still there.

A statue stands in a shaded placeAn angel girl with an upturned faceA name is written on a polished rockA broken heart that the world forgot

By developing a contaminated, stigmatized identity, the child victim takes the evil of the abuser into herself and thereby preserves her primary attachments to her parents. Because the inner sense of badness preserves a relationship, it is not readily given up even after the abuse has stopped; rather, it becomes a stable part of the child's personality structure.

I remember the pain I felt, and wonder why a man who was such an accomplished liar had to tell the truth that day.

It's better to look at a black and white world, rather than black and blue.

With no other choice, I'd submitted to the will of our prophet and had married my nineteen-year-old first cousin.

Youngsters deserve no opinions.

Of all the horrid ramifications of child abuse, the self-beliefs formed by the child reap the greatest destruction. Abuse is the most penetrating and permanent communication possible, and it always conveys to the child one or more of several messages: ‘I caused it to happen. It’s my fault because I am bad. I don’t deserve any better.