When we run, hide and try to deny our trauma the little boy or girl within comes back to seek validation, healing and peace.

Ethan didn't mind his blood being taken - he just disliked the fact that it had to be sucked through a needle in order to do it.

If you say there is no such thing as morality in absolute terms, then child abuse is not evil, it just may not happen to be your thing.

Because it is so hard, some people wait until they are in their thirties, forties, fifties, or even older before breaking their silence.

And as she held me, I suddenly realized that my lifelong search for love and acceptance had finally ended in the arms of a foster parent.

If we are taken all together, we might muster some courage, but from the previous evidence it is likely that we will be taken separately.

No human being should be maltreated under any circumstances. We are all wonderful creation of God. May we affectionately love one another.

Inside, my soul became so cold I hated everything. I even despised the sun, for I knew I would never be able to play in its warm presence.

The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.

It is the selfish parents who are to blame. Pay attention, be involved in your children’s lives. They are your legacy, your only hope.

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

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

Think twice before you pull your trouser and rape a woman; she may be your mother, sister or friend, and you know the consequences that follows.

The most precious thing that we as humanity hold, is the innocence in that of a child's smile, and we have a moral obligation to preserve it.

He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps.