Kategoria BISAC: Family & Relationships >> Abuse - Child Abuse

Nani, an innocent little girl, faces a life of turmoil, chaos, and tragedy at the age of two. When her mother meets Calvin Smith, life as she knew it goes into a downward spiral. She is abused physically, mentally, and sexually. Nani is exposed to drugs and crime, and is told the father she never knew, is in prison. Nani finds a sense of peace when the Rogers family comes into her life. Mrs. Rogers, her kindergarten teacher, becomes the emulation of what a good mother is supposed to be, while Mr. Rogers, a pastor, becomes her version of a real father figure. Danny, the Rogers son, becomes the...

This memoir is about a baby abused in an act of unspeakable brutality and one family's fight to rescue him. At times, disasters both man-made and natural, threaten to block Baby B's path to recovery and justice. More than a memoir, it is a call to action. About the Author Cynthia Bowen lives in Texas with her husband, Lawrence. She is a former Court Appointed Advocate volunteer. She devotes her time to advocating for special needs children, foster care, and adoption.

Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy and wide-eyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep. Aged just two and three years old, this brother and sister have hardly set foot outside their own home. They have been prisoners, locked in a terrifying world of abuse, violence and neglect.
Maggie soon realises that Evie and Elliot are lacking the basic life skills we all take for granted. The outside world terrifies them; the sound of the doorbell sends them into a panic that takes hours to abate. Gradually unlocking the truth of their heart-breaking upbringing,...

Poignant, absorbing and thought-provoking... The powerful true story of a child who grew up with a demanding and destructive intruder in her home: her mother's mental illness. Stunning and mesmerizing, this book is an important MUST-READ for anyone wishing to understand the often devastating effects of parental mental illness on children. Cate uses evocative imagery to transport us to her childhood, allowing us to understand the impacts of her mother's severe mental illness on her. Collateral Damage...a story that needs to be told and re-told in the context of how we support children with a...

Sharon Shoesmith was Director of Children's Services for Haringey in 2007 at the time of the death of Peter Connelly, also known as 'Baby P'. In Learning from Baby P, she carries out a dispassionate analysis of the events which followed Peter Connelly's death, documenting the responses of the media, politicians and the public. She explores the psychological and emotional responses we share when faced with such horrifying cases of familial child homicide, and how a climate of fear and blame which follows such tragedies can lead to negative consequences for other children at risk of...

The children arrived with a lot of kicking and screaming from the eldest...terrified of the changes going on in his life. One of our jobs as their carers was to minimise change as much as possible until their future was decided by the courts at the final hearing. There was much going on in the background that we were not aware of but would find out in the course of time. Plans were being made by professional people, who should know better and should never take advantage of their position to abuse those who are vulnerable and unable to defend themselves because they are told 'The law is...

Holly Wilson seems finally to have it all: a beautiful baby daughter, a son about to embark on an exciting career, a glamorous new job in television, and an adoring boyfriend in bestselling novelist, Philippe. But something isn't quite right...

In another part of the country, Carol is reliving memories - dreadful memories - of sins committed against her and those she has inflicted on others. Her carer, Helen, hopes a vision from the past might help mend Carol's broken soul.

What links Holly to Carol and Helen? And who is Nick, the handsome stranger who has just walked into...

Do you wonder how you can prepare your child to face the world? Are you someone who was molested or sexually abused and desires to bring awareness to the children in your life? Do you desire to create a safe environment in your home or school for all topic discussions? "Good Touch, Bad Touch: Real Life Talk in a Gentle Way" addresses a sensitive subject in an innocent way which will bring light and hope to all who read it concerning conversations you didn't know how to start. At the end of the book, there are personal notes for teachers and guardians and questions for children to make each...

This important second edition was re-energized by the recent Academy award-winning movie, Spotlight. The author, and victim himself, set out to uncover why and how the Church could choose to ignore those it is supposed to protect. He exposes and documents the secrets the Church has hidden for close to a hundred years. He further relates, from a personal experience, how the binding orders from the last eight Popes, the supreme shepherds of the Church, continue to protect the Church itself and abusive priests, thereby failing the core responsibilities of the Church's foundation - to protect...

Fear, shame, and secrecy enshroud victims of physical and sexual abuse. In the 1950s, society offered few means of escape for women and children. Many victims stayed silent.

Such is the case for Sarah Garvey and her three children. After marrying Hugh and giving birth to two girls and a boy, Sarah sees Hugh's true colors. He goes on violent rampages, fueled by alcohol. Embarrassed by the horrible beatings, she keeps quiet. Her children face similar abuse and shame. When Sarah finally learns the awful truth, the damage to her family has been done.

Fast-forward decades later....

In providing clear practice messages for practitioners, contemporary issues such as problematic online sexual behaviour and adolescent harmful sexual behaviour are covered and a formulation-based, trauma-informed and multi-systemic approach to working with children and their families is proposed.

Ruth was a ghost of a girl when she arrived into foster mother Maggie Hartley's care. Pale, frail and withdrawn, it was clear to Maggie that Ruth had seen and experienced things that no 11-year-old should have to, that she's been conditioned to 'see no evil, speak no evil'. Ruth is in desperate need of help, but can Maggie get through to her and unlock the harrowing secret she carries?

Through love, reassurance and patience, Maggie starts to unravel Ruth's painful past - a past defined by cruelty and abuse by the very people who should have protected her. Raised by a cruel stepmother and...

This book was written to help stop and to prevent children from being sexually abused. It is an easy way to discuss a difficult subject and educate them using tools that help children feel safe and secure enough to tell someone if anyone is or tries to abuse them.

Lisa-Ann Marie Gillings was born in Jamaica in 1967. She spent her childhood living in the small Kingston neighborhood of Patrick City.

Many people dream of island life and the paradise of Jamaica's blue skies and white beaches. Lisa-Ann, however, had a much different experience in her hometown. Her parents were so abusive that she refuses to call them her mother and father. Instead, they are just "the woman who give birth to me" or the "monster" and the "sperm donor." Lisa-Ann was beaten daily and made to sleep on the floor. A move from the island to New York City did nothing to...

According to Child Help, at least five children die from abuse and neglect every day. The ones who survive walk away with an everlasting scar in their hearts. Dorthea L. Hughes's honest, vulnerable, yet ultimately victorious memoir about surviving child sexual abuse will encourage others in similar situations, serve as a precautionary tale to keep them from going down the all-too- common path of self-destruction, and help those who care about young people recognize the warning signs and stop the abuse from continuing.