Long-Term Effects of Child Abuse & Neglect

Shocking headlines draw attention to the horrors of child abuse and neglect—the 2018 discovery of the Turpin family’s neglect of their 13 children. The indictment of former Delaware pediatrician, Dr. Earl Bradley, in 2010, on 471 charges of child abuse. The decade’s...

Be compassionate today

Be compassionate today I first want to start off by saying that I have never been abused, but I really felt the heart strings pulling at me to share the story of an old friend of mine. Right now, it’s July 2020, it’s crazy with COVID-19, and everyone is in...

I matter and so do you

I matter and so do you I lived with my mom, dad, brother, and grandmother. I suffered from anxiety and depression at a very young age, around 6. My dad abused me physically and emotionally. The words my dad would say about me stuck with me, and the more he told me,...

Steps to recovery

Steps to recovery When I was 7 my brother molested me. It took me a while to finally recognize myself as a victim because it still scares and embarrassed me, but I have realized that after denying everything, it’s time to start healing, so I wanted to share my...

Rise up!

Rise up! I always have difficulty knowing where to start. Then it dawned on me that with this site, our cause, I didn’t need to defend myself. I came into this world as a black market adoption. I’ve just learned in last few months that the whole time I was raised...