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Momma, Don't Hit Me!
If you heard someone abusing a helpless child in the bedroom next to yours...
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?How would you feel if no one - not even the police - could protect him from his sick, twisted mother and his hard-drinking father?
What if it took OVER A YEAR for that child to find safety?
Read one woman's real-life diary about the terrible, continuing child abuse she heard clearly, night after night. Three-year-old Kevin was the victim, betrayed by the parents who should have protected him.
This isn't a nice story.It's not a novel. It's raw and told in actual diary entries.
Day by day and month by month, the author describes what she heard, what she saw, and how she tried to get help for little Kevin.
THIS IS THE REAL-LIFE DIARY OF THE NEIGHBOR, AND iT'S A TRUE STORY. These horrifying events really happened, in the state of New Hampshire between 2011 and 2012.It's a harsh plea for child abuse awareness. Stories like Kevin's - and, more recently, Harmony's - shouldn't keep repeating themselves in our society.It's time for neighbors and legislators to speak up and protect these helpless children.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?How would you feel if no one - not even the police - could protect him from his sick, twisted mother and his hard-drinking father?
What if it took OVER A YEAR for that child to find safety?
Read one woman's real-life diary about the terrible, continuing child abuse she heard clearly, night after night. Three-year-old Kevin was the victim, betrayed by the parents who should have protected him.
This isn't a nice story.It's not a novel. It's raw and told in actual diary entries.
Day by day and month by month, the author describes what she heard, what she saw, and how she tried to get help for little Kevin.
THIS IS THE REAL-LIFE DIARY OF THE NEIGHBOR, AND iT'S A TRUE STORY. These horrifying events really happened, in the state of New Hampshire between 2011 and 2012.It's a harsh plea for child abuse awareness. Stories like Kevin's - and, more recently, Harmony's - shouldn't keep repeating themselves in our society.It's time for neighbors and legislators to speak up and protect these helpless children.
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200 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2012
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February 11, 2015
I was intrigued by this book that is why I chose it. I am glad that I did. Its a diary kept by a neighbour who hears the family adjacent to her apartment allegedly abusing their little boy.
It was well written, well documented but it left me thinking she could have done more.
She did contact child support, she did call the Police, but there were several times in which she didn't. Not everyone would act the same. I would just like to think I would keep on and on to these authorities and not worry if I am looking like a nosey neighbour or someone making something bigger than what it appears to be. I am a person that would not be satisfied if I heard something like this going on and just call the authorities a few times. This was going on for a year! I don't care if I looked foolish or an interferring old biddy, I'd err on the side of caution.
She wanted to print and publish this dairy into a book to make others aware and take action, well, she did take action, but up to a point. I would have gone far reaching that this.
Well written, well followed but sometimes the jokes make it shallow
It was well written, well documented but it left me thinking she could have done more.
She did contact child support, she did call the Police, but there were several times in which she didn't. Not everyone would act the same. I would just like to think I would keep on and on to these authorities and not worry if I am looking like a nosey neighbour or someone making something bigger than what it appears to be. I am a person that would not be satisfied if I heard something like this going on and just call the authorities a few times. This was going on for a year! I don't care if I looked foolish or an interferring old biddy, I'd err on the side of caution.
She wanted to print and publish this dairy into a book to make others aware and take action, well, she did take action, but up to a point. I would have gone far reaching that this.
Well written, well followed but sometimes the jokes make it shallow
May 12, 2014
It was pretty boring. A lot of repeating things, n I just wanted it to end. I won't stop reading book once I start it but with this one I really wanted to throw in the towel. I have part two n I can only hope it is better!
February 27, 2014
Good book but very sad
Good book but very sad
This book was very interesting and was very sad. abuse of a child is always sad but this woman's diary of her neighbors child abuse and nothing happening about it is very unnerving
Good book but very sad
This book was very interesting and was very sad. abuse of a child is always sad but this woman's diary of her neighbors child abuse and nothing happening about it is very unnerving
March 23, 2014
Sad
Sad
this book broke my heart. as a mother of two and a resident of apartment living, I couldn't fathom hearing that horror through my walls and not be able to help!!
Sad
this book broke my heart. as a mother of two and a resident of apartment living, I couldn't fathom hearing that horror through my walls and not be able to help!!
February 6, 2015
Drawn out
Very boring, actual like a diary of someone who just needed more sleep. It sounds uncaring and flat, unemotional. I gave stars just because she tried to alert authorities.
Very boring, actual like a diary of someone who just needed more sleep. It sounds uncaring and flat, unemotional. I gave stars just because she tried to alert authorities.
May 19, 2015
Child abuse
This is a book about child abuse and trying to get help for this whole family and the struggles to get anyone to help
This is a book about child abuse and trying to get help for this whole family and the struggles to get anyone to help
July 25, 2018
I love reading true stories
I love to read books especially true stories or biographies. This book is definitely an eye opener for the fact that child abuse exists and there is little help for the children. The woman did everything she could to help and nothing was ever done for the child. It's so sad that in our time and age that this still happens and sometimes innocent children or extremely hurt or even killed by the hands of their parents.
I love to read books especially true stories or biographies. This book is definitely an eye opener for the fact that child abuse exists and there is little help for the children. The woman did everything she could to help and nothing was ever done for the child. It's so sad that in our time and age that this still happens and sometimes innocent children or extremely hurt or even killed by the hands of their parents.
August 27, 2019
I Could Not Put This Down
This is a heart wrenching account of one person’s account of a nightmare happening to a little boy. The struggle to have the authorities to take on this child’s plight and try to get help. Her desire to help when no one will. You feel the emotions that range from fear to anger.
This is a heart wrenching account of one person’s account of a nightmare happening to a little boy. The struggle to have the authorities to take on this child’s plight and try to get help. Her desire to help when no one will. You feel the emotions that range from fear to anger.
February 19, 2020
Very repetitive and poorly written. The feeling I got was that the author was flat and emotionless. She came across as a curtain twitching nosey neighbour who appeared to be left out of the community barbecues and craved peace and quiet. Maybe she could have offered to babysit for Kevin and try to help the mum instead of complaining all through the book.
March 15, 2019
Heartfelt
I found this book very interesting,it shows that no matter how hard you try you just can't get people to listen and take note,the laws all over the world need to change to protect children from all forms of abuse.I would recommend this book highly.
I found this book very interesting,it shows that no matter how hard you try you just can't get people to listen and take note,the laws all over the world need to change to protect children from all forms of abuse.I would recommend this book highly.
July 7, 2019
Kind of monotone.
Book seemed poorly written. The tone never really changes, which makes it hard to stay interested. Story line was a good read though. Very common when dealing with over worked resources.
Book seemed poorly written. The tone never really changes, which makes it hard to stay interested. Story line was a good read though. Very common when dealing with over worked resources.
September 11, 2019
Thank you
Thank you to this author for doing her best to help this poor boy and family, it's a shame others didn't also try and help. It is a wake up call that we should all try out best to help others.
Thank you to this author for doing her best to help this poor boy and family, it's a shame others didn't also try and help. It is a wake up call that we should all try out best to help others.
June 29, 2021
Why don’t we end up caring????
After all that was documented and called about nothing was done. How much is enough for validation??? People want to help but it becomes a struggle. What can be done to end the cycle??
After all that was documented and called about nothing was done. How much is enough for validation??? People want to help but it becomes a struggle. What can be done to end the cycle??
March 24, 2017
What a moving book,its so true in this day and age,that because the abuse can't be seen,no one can do I thing about it,and I do hope Kevin started to be a little boy and learnt that life was not ment to be like that
May 17, 2017
Sad story but its constantly repeating itself got very bored and distracted after a little while of reading it just had that little boy finally got the life he deserved.
July 6, 2017
Good read, but very sad
August 4, 2017
Good book
Glad that there are still good people willing to go above and beyond to help someone else. Couldn't put it down
Glad that there are still good people willing to go above and beyond to help someone else. Couldn't put it down
May 11, 2018
Worring
I can't believe this went on for a year!!! So glad you cared enough to keep trying to help and didn't give up .
I can't believe this went on for a year!!! So glad you cared enough to keep trying to help and didn't give up .
May 16, 2019
A bit short but good
January 13, 2024
Heart wrenching.
November 30, 2024
pathetic
Just don’t waste your time every story should have a beginning , a middle and most importantly an end otherwise it’s not worth reading
Just don’t waste your time every story should have a beginning , a middle and most importantly an end otherwise it’s not worth reading
May 16, 2017
Book was a bit boring quite repetitive once I start a book I have to finish it but was quite tempted to put it down ...
October 7, 2021
This book and it's sequel, Momma, Stop! I'll be Good! is so sad. A young woman, due to very thin apartment walls, is able to hear the abuse of a young boy called "Kevin." At first, she is not certain if it abuse and she is reluctant to get involved, but as the nights progress, she becomes more and more upset over what she hears. While there is physical abuse, it is the emotional abuse that is worse. She is forced to listen to a character destroying barrage which would emotionally cripple even an adult. The young woman struggles to determine what is the right course to take in view of the fact that she can't see what is going on and doesn't always know what led up to the incidents she hears.
Even when she decides to get involved, the laws of New Hampshire, and its overburdened system leave Kevin suffering for over a year.
Even when she decides to get involved, the laws of New Hampshire, and its overburdened system leave Kevin suffering for over a year.
February 5, 2013
This book is a journal of someone hearing what she thinks is abuse to a 4 year old child that lives next door to her. The childs parents are quite young and probably don't really know how to be parents anyways yet they are, they do things to this little boy that most people would probably say something about yet this neighbor just writes a journal and calls children services every so often...
I honestly think if it were me i would confront the mom and dad about what i hear and i would bug everyone involved till i know for sure things were taken care of...
As a mother myself this is completely un acceptable... this child should have been removed the first time this neighbor heard things going on!!!
I honestly think if it were me i would confront the mom and dad about what i hear and i would bug everyone involved till i know for sure things were taken care of...
As a mother myself this is completely un acceptable... this child should have been removed the first time this neighbor heard things going on!!!
February 1, 2013
This book really got to me...I was probably putting too much personally into it I have a grandson the same age, he is very active, I kept thinking I would have done anything to get the child out of there, short of kidnapping...I couldn't have slept knowing something was happening to this child, as it sounds like she didn't either!
She, the writer seemed relieved at the end of the book when Joe moved and took Kevin with him, but my thought was how safe is he really? I mean if he couldn't protect him from his mothers abuse...while he lived amongst it, how will he be protective of him in other relationships?
I hope it was a good end to the story for this child and somehow he gets the help.he needs...even now!
I have recommended this book already to others!
She, the writer seemed relieved at the end of the book when Joe moved and took Kevin with him, but my thought was how safe is he really? I mean if he couldn't protect him from his mothers abuse...while he lived amongst it, how will he be protective of him in other relationships?
I hope it was a good end to the story for this child and somehow he gets the help.he needs...even now!
I have recommended this book already to others!
May 31, 2013
This book was terrible. Whether the abuse went on or not is left to speculation. What is far more obvious is that the author of the book was far too bored and had way too much time on her hands which was spent trying to decipher each and every sound that came from her neighbors house. When you share a floor,ceiling, wall area in close quarters with other people you better make darn sure that you really know what is going on, otherwise it can cause a whole world of hell for the family being accused unless of course they are guilty and that is a whole different set of circumstances. This book was truly awful.
October 5, 2015
I gave this book 3 stars because although I liked it, I did find that the author repeated herself a lot. I'm glad she kept trying to help Kevin and I read some previous reviews from people saying they thought she could have done more and even a review saying she was nosy. I don't think there was much more she could have done and I'm glad she was nosy. Nosy might have saved Kevin's life. I do wish we knew without a doubt what was going on in that house and how Kevin is now.
February 14, 2013
I hate how these books actually have to be written. And I applaud this woman for doing everything she could to try to get help for this little boy. It really shows how the government just ignores children that really need help because the parents can put on a happy face. I am anxious for the next book to come out. I really need to know what happened.
November 18, 2015
Good read, but very sad
I thought this was a very good insight on what happens with abuse. Books like this always tug at my heart strings but it makes you realize a lot about abuse and how it can be covered up by the abuser.
I thought this was a very good insight on what happens with abuse. Books like this always tug at my heart strings but it makes you realize a lot about abuse and how it can be covered up by the abuser.
April 12, 2013
The writing was awful and it seems the author cared more about writing a blog then helping the child.
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