Top Child Protective Services Quotes

For many people, the shock of sexual abuse pales before the shock of this mother’s statement, “I wish the fuck I never had her.” So thoroughly is motherhood sentimentalized that the mother who wishes…

For many people, the shock of sexual abuse pales before the shock of this mother’s statement, “I wish the fuck I never had her.” So thoroughly is motherhood sentimentalized that the mother who wishes...

Judith Lewis Herman

Tags: child abuse, incest, child sexual abuse, child neglect, abusive parent, child protection, child rape, abusive women, abusive mother, child protective services

..[The] disclosure of the incest secret initiates a profound crisis for the family usually...the abuse has been going on for a number of years and has become an integral part of family life. Disclosur…

Judith Lewis Herman

..[The] disclosure of the incest secret initiates a profound crisis for the family usually...the abuse has been going on for a number of years and has become an integral part of family life. Disclosur...

Judith Lewis Herman

Tags: crisis, child abuse, dysfunctional families, secrecy, incest, dysfunctional family, child sexual abuse, sexual abuse, child protection, child rape

I would like to turn in my skin and change it for a new epidermis. It feels as if I will never be able to rinse the sadness from my soul. All the while I am cognizant of the fact that I am trying to p…

Holly A. Smith

I would like to turn in my skin and change it for a new epidermis. It feels as if I will never be able to rinse the sadness from my soul. All the while I am cognizant of the fact that I am trying to p...

Holly A. Smith

Tags: sadness, soul, decisions, horror, child abuse, dirty, incest, incestuous, disgust, child sexual abuse