Nicely done Caeser, my wife is a social worker for a local school district here in Seattle. There are some days where she comes home and and she really just cannot talk from some of the things she has seen and heard that day. Worse it seems to be this time of year that things really get WAY out of control. Some of the kids she works with are absolutely terrified of the holidays because it means they are stuck at home for 2 weeks with the abusive parent(s) and school is one of their safety nets where they at least get away from that house/situation for 8 hours and can possibly hang out with a friend after school. Being a parent to a 9 year old daughter (her birthday is my company name) and now a 4 month old son, I cannot understand the parents that do this to their children. I understand stress, I understand money issues and I can see how that could drive someone crazy, but if that little voice in your head is telling you that "Yes it is the best idea to hit your own kid while strapped into their car seat" then I am at a loss for words, there is just no justifying it.
Thanks guys! I still have nightmares about the shit I went through. To think stuff like that still happens after 30 years amazes me. I read accounts like what Nixmary Brown and Joella Reaves went through- I feel everything they felt. To think that we are so concerned about torturing enemy combatants, but it's OK to torture children. When these children grow up into monsters (the ones that are not killed), we want to lock them up. I want everyone to see what these kids went through. By the grace of God, I made it. I got to realise my childhood dream. Now I am obliged to speak for those who were denied that right.
wow I just got goose bumps watching that. I cant even begin to say I understand what you've been through, but thankyou for putting that together and opening eyes.
