Abuse hurts, it hurts the abused, the abuser, and every one around. Someone growing up in a family where there is violence or abuse may not know that there are other ways for family members to treat each other. Family violence can affect anyone. It can happen in any kind of family. Sometimes parents abuse each other, which can be hard for a child to witness. Some parents abuse their kids by using physical or verbal cruelty as a way of discipline. Though this may be so, there is not one single reason why people abuse others. Drugs or alcohol may be a factor but still don't give any good reason to injure another persons. Abuse is not a normal or healthy way to treat people.
1993, I sat there in my hand me down car seat a cute innocent three year old. We were on our way to the kingdom hall, my dad pulled up to the front and told my mom he would pick us up after the meeting.
Esteem (album)
Sexually Abused child.
Illegal Drug Addiction and Substance AbuseMy mother went on this rampage screaming and yelling "your cheating on me Anthony I know it, all you care about is your self and your coke." It was as though hearing the truth about something he had been trying to keep a secret for so long flipped a switch. He looked at my mother with this demented look and with out saying anything I watched his fist strike like lightning, making my mother the new sleeping beauty. Her skin was so cold and she grew so pale, I can't even remember if I started crying. We pulled up to my house, my dad told me to wait in the car as he carried my mother in. I waited for so long I started to get ants in...