Childhood Gone Wrong

Authors Note: In the book “A Child Called “It”, a little boy is very abused by his mother. She treats him poorly and he rarely gets to eat and he didn’t have a normal life.  I am glad I’m not treated like this.  This is a book that many people should read because it will fill you with sadness throughout the entire book. It is a difficult book to read because of the events that happen, but people should be more aware of child abuse and should come out of this book thinking “Wow, that kid must feel gruesome after his beatings.”

Out of all reported child abuse cases 55% are just from neglect.  The other percentages contain physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. One type of abuse is no better than the other even though it might sound better, you wouldn’t know unless you have experienced abuse.  I know abuse is awful and I know that people know that, but do they really know all the details to abuse and how the child feels?

“Now, I even think God hates me,” says “It” or David the little boy in the book.  Because God doesn’t hate those who believe in him, the mother is obviously brainwashing him.  David thinks this because he’s young and he doesn’t know any better simply because he is still a child.  I know that if I were in this position, I would kick and hit my mother if she did this to me because she has no reason at all for treating her son like this.  I know that if I did this I would get beat even more, but at least she would become weaker than before and she will continue weakening until she has no more strength to violate me.

Even though I don’t know her, I despise this mother because she abuses her son for no apparent reason.  She has NO reason to treat her child like this.  If I were the little boy “David,” I would demand my dad to drive me somewhere safe and far away from my mother as possible.  I would make sure that she wouldn’t find out or that anyone told her.  I feel so bad for this little boy because he didn’t do anything wrong! 

Dave has no one to love him, even his father.  His father is afraid to stand up for what his kid wants and what he wants.  I believe that he feels this way because he is an alcoholic.  I made an inference that his dad was an alcoholic because in the book they said he was repeatedly coming home drunk.  I would hate a Dad like this because I would know that there is an escape but my Dad was always too drunk enough to realize it.

Do you really know all the details behind child abuse and how it feels?  I know one abuse may sound better than the other, but it’s not, and people need to be aware of that.  Twenty seven percent of reported child abuse cases are just from physical.  The others are made of neglect, emotional, and sexual abuse. I hate child abuse and it should be stopped ASAP!