Adult Children of Abuse and Neglect for Survivors of Childhood Emotional Pain, Physical Trauma, Incest, Violence, and Other Family Problems.

All these people with stories could have been destroyed by child abuse and neglect. Instead, they made their lives in some way successful.

Many of us grew up with parental actions that made us feel worthless. We often let those twisted messages block our success. Realize that your parents failure to nurture was not your fault.

Don't let your negative inner voices continue to sabotage your life. Embrace the learning in this site. Take deliberate positive actions and liberate the beauty from within yourself.

Please consider adding your story. Writing could be a way for you to release your pain and create a better life. Give the personal gift of helping others by sharing how your life was affected by child abuse and neglect.

"Dr. Don" Etkes: My father taught me that I was garbage. Hugh O'Brian (of Wyatt Earp TV fame), despite being proved in court to be my parent, chose to ignore my emotional pain. Gary Burghoff (Radar of M*A*S*H* fame) showed me the self healing power of helping others. Full Story

Colette Inez: Born to a Roman Catholic church Monsignor and French scholar, I was abandoned in a Brussels orphanage, later to be reared in the USA by an often brutal foster family. Solace eventually came in a life of poetry and teaching. Full Story