When You Trust The Enemy
In this story, Tina is attacked by people she trusted. Her boyfriend, his mother, and grandmother. The beginning of some of the worst kind of abuse.
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Teen Pregnancy
In abusive families, it isn’t uncommon for a female survivor of child sexual abuse to become a teen mom. Tina is a teenager and she is having a baby. this is the story about what surrounds a teen mom in an abusive family.
How does being abused affect your future?
As we can see, abuse in childhood can simply continue over a period of time which conditions the victim. In many ways, a child is
The Accumulation of Abuse Leads to More Trauma
Little Tina is no longer little. She is a 16-year-old young woman. She went to church regularly and was a devout Christian. She prayed all
Is it Adversity or is it Trauma
Growing up in poverty there is adversity in just being alive. When life starts out with Traumatic events, everything has the potential to become a
Abuse Shapes A Child’s Development and view of the world
As I look back over my life at all the things that shaped my world view, my self-view, and my view of others, I have
When The House Is On Fire
The house was dark. Everyone was sleeping. Little Tina was just seven. She had nightmares all the time. The nights were filled with horrors of
The Trauma of Surgery in Childhood
As time went by for Tina, life just happened. The family was living in Huntington Beach these days. Little Tina who was 7-years-old made a
Witnessing A Crime As A Child
It was a warm summer day. None of the kids were in school considering it was summer vacation. Little Tina was playing in the kids’
How Witnessing Abuse Affects A Child
Sometimes a Trauma isn’t something that happens to you. Sometimes a Trauma is something you see happen to someone else. Children are affected and the
How Community Violence Affects Children
Tina faces community Violence at age 7. How did community violence affect her development.
A Child’s Gender Identity
It was 1967. Mommy was pregnant. This is mommy’s fourth child and girl number three. This time it will be a boy regardless. Mommy played
The Silenced Child
The year is 1971. The family moved to California. Little Tina was four years old. Traveling across America and staying in strange places was an
Does Parent Behavior Determine Child behavior
a look at how a child will mimic, imitate, and emulate adults. It can appear in subtle ways.
Falling down the Upstairs
In this story, little Tina experiences being used as a scapegoat. How does being the scapegoat affect little Tina?
A Birthday and Imaginary Friend
This is the day Tina found her imaginary friend on her second birthday. A motherly figure she could trust.
Breakfast Backlash
Baby Tina wanted breakfast but events lead to yet another trauma and how Tina looks at the situation.
Innocence Lost
First trauma story for baby Tina that discusses the trauma and its effects as well as her take on it.