We Are Adult Survivors of Child Abuse and Neglect

In 2002, President Bush’s “New Freedom Commission on Mental Health”[1] had a fancy title and convened a lot of meetings to discuss issues concerning mental health. Although I applaud the effort, as far as I know, nothing came of it. It is easy to hold hearings and listen to experts,

Just as with the general public, military personnel who abuse their children should be held accountable. Just because someone wears a uniform in the armed services, they should not be treated any differently but need to be subject to garnishment of their pay like everyone else.

In 2001 a bill was introduced in Congress, the Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2001. There’s now a new bill called the Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009 that has been introduced.  The first one in 2001 was to provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns

When a child is violent, it is often common to put the cause of such behavior on the characteristics of where a child has grown up. If there is a lot of unemployment or crime in the neighborhood, it is assumed these risk factors are reasons for the child’s behavior.

Right after President Obama’s inauguration, I began writing to him to see if he would meet with me as an adult survivor of child abuse. I explained in each of my letters that I am one of millions who are ignored and discriminated against all over America. I also sent statistics showing that child abuse

It is no surprise that after being sexually abused as a child, many times sexual behaviors become an issue in adult intimacy. In fact, it is not uncommon to have flashbacks during lovemaking. That’s because as strong emotions came to the surface when young children were being sexually assaulted, they learned

Untangling the complexity of emotions associated with sexual trauma is a challenge that even Houdini would appreciate. It takes time to learn how to do it. At times, because there is such pain along the way, it seems easier to give up. “It’s too much,” we say. “It will never change; it’s unbearable.”

Sexually offending juveniles are a major problem. When young boys are abused at home, and far too many are, they tend to act out their aggressions on innocent people that come across their path. Rates of juvenile sex offenders who have experienced sexual abuse as children reportedly range from 40-80%.[1]

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