It makes you think about what some kids go through everyday.This book was a definite eye opener to abuse. Dave Pelzer is the main character in this book. This book is an autobiographical account about him being brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, Catherine Roerva. Besides being horribly beaten, Dave was forced to eat his own vomit, swallow soap, ammonia, and Clorox. She was a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games that left him nearly dead.
Through the movie her father starts dating and gets engaged to a woman whom tries to help Vada with her emotional feelings. The story line takes a turn when Vada best friend dies from bee stings while trying to retrieve her mood ring she lost in the woods. Vada is in her middle childhood and that is a rough time for most girls at this age. Vada spends time worrying about herself and how she is changing physically. Vada is also a becoming a hypochondriac and misconceptions of death and how that evolves in her world.
Building the Bonds of Attachment Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children by Daniel Hughes I. Issue of Child Abuse a. Fictional case study of Katie that follows her from birth through eight yrs. b. Parents of Katie—Sally and Mike and their relationship c. Neglect of infant but Sally provides basic needs but not on a regular basis d. Age two—physical abuse of Katie starts with father hitting her and shoving her away and verbal abuse from both parents e. Age three to five—physical and verbal abuse from both parents, Katie is not getting her basic needs meet on a regular basis f. Age five—after a severe beating , neighbor calls police to report and Katie is placed into permanent state custody II. Summary of the book This book follows the neglect and abuse of Katie and is told in story format for parts of the book.
This book is about a young woman suffering and trying to overcome her borderline personality disorder. It is here to declare that raging mental illness CAN be cured. A twenty-nine-year-old woman by the name of Rachel Reiland is an accountant, wife, and mother of two young children, Jeffrey and Melissa. In her early childhood Rachel grew up with a very strict and rude father, a dependent, weak mother, and a caring sister. Her parents never realized that after every meal Rachel would secretly go to the bathroom upstairs and throw up everything she had eaten.
In Kay Nuyens’ article, “Invisible Scars: Verbal Abuse” she explains how victims are sometime relieved that there was no physical abuse but don’t see the signs of severe chronic stress that has damaged their body and mind. They are convinced they were just being too sensitive and “…their emotional reaction [was] their own fault.” (Nuyens.) However, scars left from the verbal and emotional abuse are deeper than the ones from the physical abuse. “Children of hostile or verbally abusive mothers were equally negatively affected as compared with children of physically abusive mothers. The negative impact on children of psychologically unavailable mothers (i.e., denying emotional responsiveness) was judged to be the most devastating.” (Myers 86-87).
But I am alive” From an early age, Celie had been physical and verbally abused, by her father, her husband etc. At the beginning of the novel, she is ignorant and oppressed, with no confidence. She has been made to believe she is nothing and allows the labels to define her, accepting and believing the terms, which forces her to struggle for her identity. She has learnt to keep quiet and obeys without every objecting, which shows a will to survive, but also the extent to which Celie has been indoctrinated. She considers being alive good enough.
Susie was only fourteen when she was raped and killed by a man she knew. Understandably, she has trouble letting go after such an abrupt and unexpected death. The majority of the book shows her family and the struggle they go through to cope with the loss of their daughter/sister. As the story progresses her family and friends are stuck on her death. Every day they are faced with adversary and each handles it in different ways.
Marian said she felt fortunate to have found refuge. On the other hand, Nadia was 17 years old, her husband cut off her nose and ear while she was sleeping, she has undergone six operations and need more. Nadia said "I don't know anything about happiness". Another girl Gulsum, was kidnapped by her father, who was estranged from her mother, was forced to marry the son of her father's lover. Her husband and her mother- in- law beat her and threatened to kill
She is fourteen and needs to tell someone about what has happened to her. Pa, Celie’s stepfather has raped her numerous times, resulting in her getting pregnant twice. Pa tells Celie, “you better not tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy” (Walker 1). Celie feels hopeless and does not want to cause her mother any more grief, pain or suffering, so she says nothing and decides to write to God.
A prime example to show depression is described in the book, Helping your Depressed Teenager. Leeta sat slumped in her chair. Disheveled and distracted, she answered questions in a vague and unconfused manner. Only 13 years old, this was her second extended psychiatric hospitalization for depression, suicidal thoughts, and destructive gestures. She was first admitted to the hospital after she slit her wrists with a knife; this is the time she had become despondent, irritable, and out of control at home.