child abuse stories, child abuse and neglect   Child Abuse and Neglect
 
There was a TV special showing child abuse stories. It was all about the horrible things people have survived as children. It also had some stories about kids that did not survive. I found it very difficult to watch. Yet I know that people need to understand that child abuse stories are real, not urban myths. There are so many children on the streets to escape the abuse from home. People assume that they are just bad kids who did not want to live with the rules at home. More often they ran away and stayed away because what is on the street is not worse then what is waiting for them at home. That says a lot about what horrible things go on unseen. I can tell a few child abuse stories of my own. I am a survivor. My stepfather used to hold my head underwater until I blacked out. It started when I was four. It ended in sexual abuse and an attempt to kill me when I was 12. I say that I survived but have never really lived.
I have continued to try and educate myself about child abuse and neglect over the years and found the internet to be a wealth of information.  This information has helped me heal.