Download or read book Lost Innocence Stolen Childhoods written by Thérèse Blanchet and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With reference to Bangladesh.
Download or read book Lost Innocence written by Geraldine Cool and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-11-20 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost Innocence is the unforgettable account of a childs life, who was sexually, physically and mentally abused. Through her struggles you will feel her pain, her loneliness and fighting for her life. Imagine a young girl forced into submission and ordered to perform adult acts. Her own possession: loneliness and fear. Im still here after years of you trying to break me. One day youll see, I will make something of myself. Geraldine Cool tells of the courageous and moving story of her abusive childhood. Here is a horrifying glimpse of what went on behind closed doors. It is her touching account and testament to the strength of the human heart and its capacity to triumph over unimaginable trauma. She had nothing and no one to turn to but her dreams kept her alive. Dreams of one day being loved, honored and cherished by a special angel. Experiencing the instability of three foster homes, a detention home and a mental hospital. People thought foster kids were nothing but trouble and unworthy of being loved just because she wasnt part of a Real Family". Forced to suffer shame. Devastation, tears and hope create the journey of this severely abused child.
Download or read book Stolen Childhood written by Priscilla Musonda and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Priscilla Musonda has no idea how she survived such a hard life, but she knows why. The survivor of a lifetime of sexual abuse, she has grown to serve as a beacon for other child victims. In Stolen Childhood, she shares chilling, detailed accounts of her life in Zambia as the sexual slave of her father. The abuse began when she was just five years old, and as a result, her relatives shunned her and predicted that she would never marry. She struggled to complete her education as the nightmare continued. As a teen, she was forced to marry her own father, a polygamist with three other wives. She bore him four childrenwho have also been shunned by her family. Desperate, she ran away to live on the streets. Her life was grim, but not as grim as the future they predicted for her. But Priscilla is a survivor, not a victim. She dreams of building a sanctuary, school, and psychosocial centre in Zambia. She shares her story with strong language and imagery, to help the reader truly understand what she went through. She wants to do everything she can to get others to take the claims of children seriously. Ten percent of the proceeds from the sale of her story will go to benefit the work of PSHAF.
Download or read book Stolen Innocence written by Michael Walter and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revised edition, the author delves deeper into the personal experiences described in his original publication. From the first page to the last, the reader is entrusted with details few are willing to share. An honest and open recounting of child abuse from a man who suffered through and survived years of horrific episodes. With glowing reviews from other survivors who read his original work, the author was inspired to entrust the reader with what many would consider too intimate to share experiences in an even greater attempt to bring child abuse into mainstream discussion.
Download or read book Stolen Innocence written by Erin Merryn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Erin Merryn's life was transformed on the night she was sexually abused by her cousin, someone she loved and trusted. As the abuse continued, and as she was forced to see her abuser over and over again in social situations, she struggled with self-doubt, panic attacks, nightmares and the weight of whether or not to tell her terrible secret. It wasn't until a traumatic series of events showed her the cost of silence that she chose to speak out-in the process destroying both her family and the last of her innocence. Through her personal diary, written during the years of her abuse, Erin Merryn shares her journey through pain and confusion to inner strength and, ultimately, forgiveness. Raw, powerful and unflinchingly honest, Stolen Innocence is the inspiring story of one girl's struggle to become a woman, and a bright light on the pain and devastation of abuse. Stolen Innocence is written with conviction and clarity. [Erin Merryn] doesn't hold back, and I respect her honesty and openness...By the end of the book, I thought I was reading passages from a much older adult than a high school senior. Erin has grown into a strong, wise, intelligent, perceptive, spiritual, caring adult." —Susan Reedquist, The Children's Advocacy Center
Download or read book Stolen Innocence written by Michael Walter and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-27 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The doors that hide the horrors of child abuse are torn from their hinges to expose a true story told in painful detail. From the very first page, the author entrusts readers with his own vulnerabilities and provides a unique perspective of fear, shame and the deepest of sadness as seen through the eyes of an innocent child. Recounting events from as early as kindergarten and continuing to adulthood, the twists and turns which lead to his teetering on the edge of life and death, emphasize this unimaginable story of perseverance, survival and ultimate triumph.
Download or read book Shattered Innocence written by M. Robert and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The image in the mirror, the tears, the degrading, the name aLittle Bastard, a the circle where you went if you wanted the candy, the little hands that had to do the touching, the priest with the hand on the shoulder, the knee, the arm around you and them saying it was Godas way of showing he loved youa!a childhood of not knowing who you were and being told you were the Devilas child, but you survivea!the only way you knew how: You pretended. You lived. Raised in a Catholic orphanage from birth, I had to leave when I graduated. I mastered the art of pretending because, by doing that, I was covering up the hurt of everything that had happened to me. I was not me! Or so I thought, until one day, I started to write down the things that haunted me. As I put those words on paper, I realized that was me on the paper. A healing process, I thought. No, it happened, all of it, some with a sense of humor and some with such a great pain I felt it would never go away. It has taken me years, and once done, I put those words away. Now I give them away so that others who have lived with the same pain know that they can stop pretending and live. Maybe those same things will never happen to another child in a Catholic orphanage or Catholic school ever againa!.Welcome to Shattered Innocence.
Download or read book Images of Innocence written by Stephen Chalmers and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stolen Innocence written by Erin Merryn and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Erin's life was transformed on the night she was sexually abused by her cousin. As the abuse continued, and she was forced to see her abuser over and over again in social situations, she struggled with self-doubt, panic attacks, nightmares and the weight of whether or not to tell her terrible secret.
Download or read book The Fall of Innocence written by Jenny Torres Sanchez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lovely Bones meets Celeste Ng for teens in this gorgeous, haunting, and tragic novel that examines the crippling--and far-reaching--effects of one person's trauma on her family, her community, and herself. For the past eight years, sixteen-year-old Emilia DeJesus has done her best to move on from the traumatic attack she suffered in the woods behind her elementary school. She's forced down the memories--the feeling of the twigs cracking beneath her, choking on her own blood, unable to scream. Most of all, she's tried to forget about Jeremy Lance, the boy responsible, the boy who caused her such pain. Emilia believes that the crows who watched over her that day, who helped her survive, are still on her side, encouraging her to live fully. And with the love and support of her mother, brother, and her caring boyfriend, Emilia is doing just that. But when a startling discovery about her attacker's identity comes to light, and the memories of that day break through the mental box in which she'd shut them away, Emilia is forced to confront her new reality and make sense of shifting truths about her past, her family, and herself. A compulsively-readable tragedy that reminds us of the fragility of human nature. Praise for The Fall of Innocence * "Sanchez deftly shows the long-lasting impact of the assault. . . . An intimate and tragic look at how traumatic incidents affect individuals, their families, and others around them." --Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW * "Sanchez writes with stunning detail, showcasing the beauty that can be found in small moments, in family interactions, in nature, and in seemingly everyday objects. . . and illustrates how a trauma like Emilia's has widespread effects." --School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW * "It is hard to imagine a more beautifully told, more moving, or more authentic story of one family’s journey through unbearable pain." --VOYA, STARRED REVIEW "Beautifully written but ineffably sad, Emilia's story is a case study of trauma and its aftermath." --BCCB "Emilia's inner world both captivates and devastates." --Publishers Weekly "Internal and contemplative, [this novel's] haunting quality lingers." --Booklist
Download or read book Stolen Childhoods written by Shari Botwin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrates that reclaiming life in adulthood is possible for survivors of childhood abuse. Stolen Childhoods: Thriving After Abuse focuses on how survivors of childhood abuse can finally break their silence and begin the process of recovery by understanding the impact their abuse history has on their adulthood. Filled with real life client conversations, along with her own experiences as a patient, this work helps readers stop reliving past abuse and thrive in their recovery. It demonstrates the tremendous hope that can come from having a witness, and feeling heard and believed. Throughout the book, the reader witnesses how adult survivors of childhood abuse can use relationships with therapists, partners, or supportive family members to combat their feelings of shame and guilt. Botwin walks readers through ways survivors can develop trust with others and move through emotions of fear and grief. She offers examples of learning how to manage traumatic responses in situations that trigger flashbacks, feelings of unsafety, or fears of being unprotected. Offering actionable steps to healing throughout, Botwin helps readers on their journeys to reclaiming their right to live safe, happy, full lives.
Download or read book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children s Issues Worldwide 6 volumes written by Irving Epstein and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-12-30 with total page 3026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the skyrocketing AIDS rate in Haiti to the oppressive pollution in industrial China, from the violent street culture of Nigeria to the crippling poverty in Nicaragua, from child trafficking in Thailand to child marriages in India, this jam-packed six-volume set explores all these issues and more in an unprecedented look at the world's children at the dawn of the 21st century. In recent years, while many countries have enjoyed a higher standard of living and improved working conditions, others have been torn apart by war and incapacitated by famine, and are struggling to improve life for their children and their future. Recent concern over the world's children has resulted in a global attempt to define what constitutes an acceptable childhood. New attention has been paid, not only to healthcare and secondary education, but also to the right to play and increased access to technology. The UN's codification of children's rights has done much to expand our understanding of what is needed for healthy growth and development of children and youth. Organized by region, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children's Issues Worldwide is the first globally focused set of this magnitude, offering extensive, up-to-date coverage of these critical issues. Original chapters accessibly synthesize current data on key topics, including education, play and recreation, child labor, family, health, laws and legal status, religious life, abuse and neglect, and growing up in the 21st century.
Download or read book Children Noble Causes or Worthy Citizens written by Karl Eric Knutsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the International Year of the Child in 1979, advocacy for children has intensified. The Convention on the Rights of the Child has propelled this advocacy decisively into the midst of the political debate over human rights. Attempts to construct and support the theoretical and empirical underpinnings for a fresh approach to children and childhood are also intensifying. Nonetheless, policies targeted at children continue to suffer from pervasive theoretical weaknesses. This is persistently constraining appropriate action. This book argues that for both theoretical and practical reasons children need to be understood in their own right. It asks fundamental questions about the perceptions we have of children and childhood and about the ways these perceptions emerge to influence and shape our assumptions, preferences and choices concerning children. It tries to deepen understanding and interest by clarifying the theoretical, ethical and pragmatic reasons for transforming the political neglect of children into recognition and action. The book is divided into two parts. The first part examines cultural and social variations in perceptions concerning children and the second part draws conclusions from the analysis. It concludes by proposing practical lessons which may be learned from the debate about children.
Download or read book International Handbook of Children Media and Culture written by Sonia Livingstone and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-03-06 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deliberately selected to represent as many parts of the globe as possible, and with a commitment to recognizing both the similarities and differences in children and young people's lives - from China to Denmark, from Canada to India, from Japan to Iceland, from - the authors offer a rich contextualization of children's engagement with their particular media and communication environment, while also pursuing cross-cutting themes in terms of comparative and global trends.
Download or read book Annotated Bibliography on Child Labour written by and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 2003 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this bibliography on child labour was to assemble the best of the rapidly increasing literature and research material in recent years and make it accessible. The focus is from 1995 to 2002 although a few authoritative earlier sources have been included. Three basic selection criteria were applied: the material had to be considered representative; relevant and to present sources that had been previously overlooked.
Download or read book Child Labour written by Anaclaudia Gastal Fassa and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child labour constitutes a major public health concern, with estimates that world-wide 110 million children aged 5-14 years are engaged in labour that can be described as hazardous or intolerable. This book examines both the rights oriented and public health perspectives on child labour. A rights approach ensures that exploitative and abusive work is considered not just in terms of a labour market or health rights approach, but also in terms of human dignity and the solutions that preserve the rights of children and communities. The public health approach is steeped in the relationship between individuals and their community, seeking to identify how the presence (or absence) of government programmes and policies affects those involved. The economics perspective is also presented early in the book, to aid understanding of the causes and consequences of child labour, before the alternate public health and sociological views are presented. The editors examine factors such as poverty, malnutrition, social disadvantage, gender, globalisation, and education, and look at both physical and psychological threats. This book will be of use to academics and students involved in health, health policy, social sciences and development disciplines. Those actively involved public health initiatives, such as policy makers, and non-governmental organisations, will also find this an invaluable resource.
Download or read book Children in the Global Sex Trade written by Julia O'Connell Davidson and published by Polity. This book was released on 2005 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the many and varied ways in which children become involved in the sex trade, this work presents the global political and economic inequalities that underpin children's exploitation.
