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

Syeena Malone has written about her repressed memories of Easter Sunday when she was Only Four Years Old. These memories began with a nightmare in the spring of 1989. For the next twelve years, the memories began to surface, very slowly, one detail at a time. It became apparent that Easter Sunday was a trauma anniversary for her but it was in the spring of 2001 that the worst memory surfaced, finally explaining everything. 

Only Four Years Old tells the story of incest by her grandfather, denial and shame from her grandmother as well as abandonment and betrayal by her mother...

But Emily's grandad, the undisputed head of the family, the most respected man in town, has a dark and wicked side. And her life is about to take a terrifying turn.

When she returns home, Emily is too afraid to tell her parents the truth about her Grandad. And not wanting to upset her family, she carries with her the secret of what happened that summer for many years.

But finally, Emily gets the chance to take her revenge...

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Little Sissy Williams' life had become an unending nightmare of molestation and sexual abuse. Unlike many five year olds, she was aware that what was being done to her was evil and wrong. What she never understood was why.

Many times, after her father or her father's friend completed violations, she found comfort by acknowledging the presence of her guardian angels. They nurtured her soul and kept her mind whole and hopeful. As a child with protective instincts, she also took it upon herself to protect her angels from the chance of being hurt by her two lifelong abusers.

You want to protect your children from physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse. You want the best for them, so they will grow up; reach their full potential and purpose in life. All right, then let's first examine our home environment, places of worship, and other affiliated organizations within our surrounding communities. Change must first begin in our very own backyards.

In Secrets of a Minister's Wife, author Latheira Sigler takes you on a heart-wrenching, intense, shocking page-by-page journey as she shares how the spiritual state of the male as an...

Grandson of a Ghost explores how a family's unspoken, festering grief impacted a boy born 25 years after the suicide of his grandfather. It follows the struggle of Scott as he grows up but fails to see how abuse from his mother clouded his perception of the world, and fueled his self-destructive behavior as an adult. Following a tumultuous childhood, Scott moves from northern New England -- driven by his demons -- to New York in 1985, amid the AIDS crisis and the new wave scene in the East Village. Over the years, he comes out as gay and makes a career in the magazine...

How common is child sexual abuse? How can victims and abusers best be treated? In Innocence Destroyed, originally published in 1993, Jean Renvoize uses interviews with victims and with experienced professionals, as well as new data from Britain, North America and Australia, to give a clear picture of the problem of child sexual abuse - its extent, its effects, and the most up-to-date recommendations for treating its victims and preventing its recurrence at the time. For those new to the subject, her book provides a readable account of a complex area, and for the more experienced...

For almost 100 years, the women in this family held on to secrets. In their minds, it was either life or death; and they chose life, thinking that keeping their secrets would save not only their lives, but the lives of their offspring. Dark secrets that ranged from physical to sexual to psychological to emotional abuse. Secrets that were kept, for some, even to the grave. Alcohol, drugs, poverty all played a part in the abuse.

And for those who were not exposed to domestic or sexual abuse, suffered in other ways that affected their emotional state. Health scares, self-esteem or...