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The purpose of this Blog is the hope that people can meet on neutral ground – understand that relationship violence is not limited by gender, race, religion, economic status, relationship status, age, and/or culture.
Awareness comes not by accident, but by a higher calling to search for solutions.
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When a child is the victim of family violence, children are not innocent until proven guilty; children are simply innocent without trial or prejudice. Adults, however, were to learn from their childhood experiences the value of character, morals, and self-control and draw from those traits as needed.
I am a family activist – regardless of family structure. The defining traits of a family are diverse. Some examples, but not including all, are the traditional (Father, Mother, Children), blended (Parent, Step-Parent, Children/Step-Children), liberal (Parent, Family Members Raising Children, Children), or Homosexual (Adult Same Sex and/or Children), and Friends as Family. I am not religious (I do not announce a denomination or their rules/regulations). I am spiritual (therefore, I will not judge you).
RELATIONSHIP ABUSE: Abuse towards adults, specifically in relationship settings has become commonplace. Unless the crime is especially heinous, the emphasis on the value of life seems somewhat unimportant. IT IS IMPORTANT! Violence between people that say they ‘care’ about the other has grown to epidemic proportions.
CHILD ABUSE: Death by child abuse is at alarming rates. The value of a child’s life has been overtaken by “adult” self-indulgence, lack of self-control, and the inability to see a child as precious, fragile, and unique. So often, the abuser is a partner (step-parent; partner; non-biological parent) and though, (for the most part, there are amazing “fill-in Moms & Dads” (myself being one), one must wonder if a portion of the problem is jealousy or resentment and the inability to see that child as separate from the biological parents. Abuse changes a person’s life…forever.
I will not enter into banter and conflict over specific cases, but will vaguely mention cases that I am currently working on and hope you will do the same. When I review cases of a child caught in a web of verbal, emotional, and physical abuse, I feel no sympathy whatsoever for the perpetrators. I ask myself over and over, “Where is the adult in this family?” “Who is the protector if the adults are the monsters?” “Who is the moral or character role model for these little ones?”
There are two cases now where two separate children were “allegedly” beaten to death for the following reasons:
· The child interrupted a Nintendo game
· The child consistently interrupted a television show
There is a case pending where a one month old was “allegedly” brutally raped by his “Father” and “Mother”.
The value of our children predetermines the value of our future.
As always…for the little ones,
Janet, Hannahs Faith
All information provided on this site is not to replace professional therapies, advice, or treatments.
