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Tag Archives: neglect
Best Friends and Change
I just got back to VT after spending a week down south visiting family (and seeing my little sister in the roller derby!) and then over to New Hampshire for the weekend to see two of my dearest friends. And … Continue reading
Posted in Book Lists, Thoughts
Tagged abuse, foster care, Friends, GLBTQ, Growing up, Lesbian, LGBTQ, loneliness, neglect, relationships
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Books for Survivors
I haven’t had much that’s coherent to say recently. I’ve been pretty involved in my own personal journey. But I think about this blog a lot and why I started it. I see kids hurting all around me. Because I … Continue reading
Posted in Book Lists, Thoughts
Tagged abuse, book lists, emotional abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, survivors, trauma, war
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Victim Characters and Passivity
So, Lyn Miller Lachman started a great discussion on my graduate student forum about writing about characters who are victimized, and it really sparked some thoughts I have about the subject that I thought I’d share with you all. I created this … Continue reading
Maybe God Wrote “Change”: Review of Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz
So I have another wonderful book to share with you all. I am probably the last one to read Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz–another Cinco Puntos Press book–but it was one of the most powerful books … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged abuse, alcoholism, Benjamin Alire Saenz, book review, boys, Cinco Puntos Press, depression, dissociation, emotional neglect, gay, GLBTQ, hospitalization, incest, Last Night I Sang to the Monster, latino, murder, neglect, PTSD, Speak, trauma, violence
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Self-harm is the Symptom, Not the Disease
Deliberate Self-Harm is an umbrella term that encompasses any non-accidental activity that a person engages in that, well, harms that person physically. Cutting is the most talked about self-harm behavior. But the term also includes head-banging, pulling out hair, biting, … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged abuse, eating disorders, Laurie Halse Anderson, neglect, self-harm, Speak, substance abuse, suicide, trauma, Winter Girls
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Why do kids need Love Stories?
When I was seven years old, I fell in love for the first time. His name was Adam King, and we played marbles together on the playground during recess. I lost track of him in third grade when he was … Continue reading
Where are all the Evil Parents?
The stoutest rule I know in writing for children is that the protagonist has to solve the problem him or herself. For this reason, the parents and other adults are often deleted from the equation–mysteriously called out of the country, … Continue reading
