by H. Mallett
Hello my name is Jane Doe and I am a victim of abuse by my children. I know there are support groups out there. It should be called LBC Anonymous, meaning "life before children". For me the abuse started within 5 months of...read more
by Crystal Cook
I know my children love me. I know they don't mean to be cruel. It's not like they do things to drive me insane on purpose . . . is it? It's a frightening thing to wake up before eight o'clock on a Saturday morning and ...read more
Parental abuse is a growing problem but cases of parental abuse remain largely unreported - most likely out of a sense of fear and shame. Abused parents will proudly display baby pictures and school portraits of their offs...read more
by Sammy Stein
I was an abuser but now I am abused! When I was a kid I abused my parents - of course, I did not see it as such then. I just knew what to go to Mum for and what to save for Dad. For example, if I wanted some new clothes...read more
Ah yes the memory of young children has returned. Now mind you, I have been there with these kids, they are now over 21. I did my best and maybe it wasn't the best but we did try. I was strapped with two children wh...read more
by Joanne Smith
The air stands still but my body continues to tremor. What has seemed like an eternity is finally coming to a quiet end. The lights are dim and doors are closed but my nerves remain raw and exposed. My breathing is shal...read more
I kicked my dad. I made him cry. I stuck a needle in his eye. I want my way. I like to rule. It's time my folks go back to school. Cause they are sooooo un-cool. I'm really proud of my poem. But, my teac...read more
by Themis Libra
Raising children is a very difficult task for anyone to do - it's difficult when there's two parents and even more difficult when it's a single parent. Children these days seem to be less respectful as the generations g...read more
There is an unspoken problem among parents. No one wants to address this issue. I think its high time we look at this abuse. Has anyone ever thought about the abuse that parents endure at the hands of their children? ...read more
FLUNKIE AT PARENTING 101 The following are the grades I received today pursuant to my parenting skills: Patience: F Being in Control of two Toddlers each under 40 pounds in weight: F Making sure my children were r...read more
Penance for a Moment's Inattention One summer afternoon, I was talking on the phone with my sister in law and suddenly realized that it had grown very quiet in the house. Dangerously quiet. As I rushed to the boy's room...read more
by Anna Kay
"Just hand over the Barbie fruit snacks and maybe just maybe I'll spare your other ear from permanent hearing loss." I imagine these words running across the mind of my then 2 year old as she glares at me from across the r...read more
Just a thought about being a mother, a mother of four beautiful children three girls and one boy. They are terrible two, tearful three, a whole hand five and sweet sixteen, big jump I know the sweet sixteen is from my firs...read more
This problem is a crisis from both sides of abuse by parent towards children then children back toward their parent`s. This abuse between parents and their children is and on going battle to keep one from abusing the other...read more
Abuse by parents and their children, In todays world the abuse by the children to their parents I see is growing rapidly. Children in todays society see that the parents owe them i living and when they don't get what they ...read more
by Lucy Brandon
"Look at me when you talk!", "You haf mind me when I tell you somepin"; these are things my sweet, blond preschooler tells me quite often. As a child my mother told me on a regular basis that my undesirable (to say the lea...read more
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