Physical Abuse

There was mental and

There was mental and physical abuse in my family. Erin Moran

The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience. Ed Markey

Training with Bela and

Training with Bela and Marta Karolyi took the joy out of the Olympics for me. I look back and feel there was a lot of verbal and physical abuse. For years, I felt it was my problem. Dominique Moceanu

I know all about

I know all about violence and physical abuse because my first husband used to beat me severely when he got drunk. Once, I can remember coming home from a party and walking up our vast marble staircase at the Fifth Avenue house while he was striking me. I thought, If I just gave him one … Read more

Viktor Frankl said the

Viktor Frankl said the Concentration camp survivalist said no matter how much mental or physical abuse had been given nobody could cause him to think about anything he didn’t want to think about Bob Proctor

The main goal of

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it. Bill Cosby

My parents had this

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse – my mother would beat up my father, basically – and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective. Augusten Burroughs

I would encourage my

I would encourage my children to protect themselves if there’s any sort of physical abuse against them. I would definitely go speak to the perpetrator, and if the perpetrator was a child, I’d speak to their parents. But I … Oh my God, I don’t know what I’d do if I was privy to watching … Read more

The travesty of slavery

The travesty of slavery wasn’t physical abuse. It was the moral abuse of looking at a human being as if they are an animal. Alan Keyes

Parents who spoil their

Parents who spoil their children out of ‘love’ should realize that they are performing acts of child abuse. Although there are no laws against such abuse–no man-made laws anyway–this spiritual mistreatment may result in as much long-term personal and social damage as the worst physical abuse. Randy Alcorn