We Are Adult Survivors of Child Abuse and Neglect

There is a cultural belief in America that parents have the right to raise their children without any training, oversight or accountability. That is the very reason child abuse and neglect has been part of our country’s heritage from the very beginning.  Children are at the total mercy of inexperienced parents,

Since most assaults are perpetuated by men against women, children and other men, when will men start taking a stand against violence? I watched my father beat my brother. My father was beaten, himself, by his father when he didn’t obey his parents’ wishes. On television, you get a constant stream of

There is an old Native American story about two women sitting on a river bank watching dead babies floating downstream. They decided instead of just pointing out to others what they had seen, they would go upstream to stop whoever was killing the babies. This story is a perfect description

Children are born with needs and feelings. Infants develop internal models from day one as to how they feel about themselves and how they view other people’s behaviors. Depending upon how they are cared for when they cry or need attention, they develop basic beliefs about themselves as to whether they are lovable or unlovable,

When children are not taught healthy self-management skills, proper boundary management, how to get their needs met in a healthy way, how to think independently and make valid interpretations about what is happening to them, or how to express their emotions in a healthy way, they many times develop dysfunctional coping skills which they carry forward into their adult lives.