My house at 8 pm, same sunset time. No where near dark enough to be “blinded by headlights.”

Nothing says “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” like criminalizing poor people for not wearing full night-time construction crew gear. Never mind that there aren’t street lights on that street (because that ain’t the dang government’s responsibility!)

So I googled the road that the boys were walking down and this is what it looks like:

this is an old ass post but you’re a piece of shit

You are attacking me right now for being an abused child. F-off you total POS. One thing is, I am adult now, and I protect my kids and don’t take S. from anyone.. If any grown man wants it with me now, you can get it.

Plenty of kids feel ashamed to share their experiences of abuse. As do many victims of lots of things. I failed 7th grade gym class because we had to change into these uniforms with little shorts. I had purple legs. You think I was going to show everyone my purple legs? I already had a girl I had known since…

Many suffer in silence.Shaming victims seems to be the cross board statement in many cases even the police related killings call the victims “thugs” ect ect. Guilt is a heavy thing as well. I hope you seek therapy to deal with this heavy issue.It doesn’t make you weak it is actual a healthy and brave way to address…

I’m not “all well,” but I’m still alive and still trying.

I have always witnessed my dad beating up my mom, since I’ve always been her tag-along. Every time it happened, I would watch, hoping that my dad would somehow notice that I’m there and decide to stop — to no avail. So I simply steeled myself to not cry so my mom would not realize how bad the sight was. It went on…

It’s because abusers feel entitled: just like criminals, they feel entitled to another person and to that person’s property. Realizing that is its own slap in the face, but it’s often true.

I don't know if anyone here is into hard rock/metal, but I would recommend everyone replying to this thread to listen to "Hush" by Hellyeah. It's a bit on the nose, but it is a song specifically about child abuse. It's from the point of view of an adult who was a victim of violence as a child. I was not a victim of…

Oh, this is so true. I’m an attorney working with families involved in child protective services. Many of my clients are children or parents who were abused by another person (could be a parent or intimate partner). Now I can spot that typical abuser personality—they know who might be in a position of power or a…

Tell me about it. I think a lot of it comes from (also not a very intellectual approach): “My parents beat me and I stayed out of trouble.” And I’ve noticed a lot of abusers are very charismatic and perceived as very kind people by everyone else.

G’day Cheappaperisexpensive, yeah the damage done to our minds follows us down through the years. Watching a grown “man” bash a two year old child in the head and face with metal tools, bits of wood, etc is something that we wish more people could see in person, so they’d understand just how terrible these violent…

Is there a pattern that abusers are generally not very intelligent? Hitting a 2 year old accomplishes nothing, they don’t know anything.

I hope you know how strong you are.

You have my profound admiration. I am in awe of your strength.

Oh wow, how awful. Good for you for sticking up for your sister. Hope you’re all well these days.

Floyd cant read...

I’m glad I got all these stars, because I worded this awkwardly as fuck.

Glad to see his son choosing not to follow in his father’s footsteps by learning how to read and write.