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Dennis

i had a really bad childhood,
my mum and dad slip up and they didn't tell me,
my mum got a new boyfriend who used to be quiet violent towards us
i was brought up not knwing rite from wrong,
my area was really rough.
and now im a wreak, i cant controll my anger, im 14 and still have temper tantrums,
i think aliens r following me and i dnt understand myself r other ...

Hello and I wish you all well.

If you landed on this page chances are that you have similar problems. I am a surviver of a child abuse and well after the childhood. No, it wasn't sexual but it was never the less violent and terrifying.

Long story short, my mother with my brother have committed 15 crimes against me. My brother have become a drug addict at the age of 12 start stealing at ...

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Remind your child that she is not the only student who is uneasy about the first day of school.

Find another child in the neighborhood with whom your youngster can walk to school or ride with on the bus.

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I would like to know if slapping a child in the face when very frustrated a couple times a year as punishment in response to a child misbehaving (yelling, hitting) is considered "child abuse"? I'm sure it's not the best way to deal with behavior, but is it illegal?

I'm 20 years old female currently attending to college, i'm lost and i don't know where to go or what to do with my life anymore. My life story could never be written in short paragraphs, i've seen different kids of abuse as a kid. I never knew my real father and my mother took care of me, as a child she had people taking care of me, while she supposly worked to get my ...

Someone I know finds it perfectly fine to tape a pacifier to thier baby's mouth because the baby spits it out if not taped. I find this horrific personanlly. I want to prove to them that it is not okay to do this. Need opinions please. Thank you.

Are there any laws in effect that would punish or reprimand a parent for teaching their child racism and discrimation? I've recently discovered my ex-husband and his new girlfriend are teaching my step-daughter that African Americans and Hispanics have "dirty skin" and are not to be associated with. Their teachings were exhibited by my step-daughter when she refused to play with or even talk to her bi-racial cousin, who's only 4 and couldn't understand why ...

Hey, i'm new to Psych forums, but i thought this would be a good place to post this. I was thinking of posting this in a livejournal group, but i couldn't find one that was still active, and i would like a response as soon as possible...so let me begin.

Although i am only 13, i always thought myself to be a little more mature than the rest of my grade or people my age. ...

my newphew's are 4 and 6 and they've been abused their whole lives....my sister got with 3 different men and they all abused my newphew's physically and mentally well last year my sister got evicted and my mom took her and my two newphew's in....when they first came here my newphew's destroyed everything and wouldn't listen at all....I'm 16 (I was 15 at the time) but I mostly ignored it....just thinking that they needed help ...