“I don’t want to be touched. I don’t think about my fairy tales anymore; I just read them on repeat to my children. I’m in survival mode.”
‘I’m trapped. I wonder how many times I can grimace when he touches my arm or roll away from him in bed before he quits trying altogether.’: Woman recounts her relationship struggles
‘We brought our newborn home from the hospital and she was showered with attention and gifts. When we brought our 1-year old foster son home, he was not.’
“People did not come banging on the door to see him and hold him for the first time. People did not ‘Oooh and Ahhh’ over him. When we first told family we were adopting, we were greeted with….’That’s scary!’ ‘Are you sure?'”
‘HIDDEN DARK AND DISTURBING MESSAGE’: Mom warns of shocking ‘Show Dogs’ scene about finding ‘zen place’ as private parts are touched
“I kept thinking, ‘This is wrong.’ This message is meant to groom children to be open to having people touch their privates, even though they don’t want it.”
