Child Abuser Quotes

“A terrible sadness threatened to overwhelm me as I wondered how two people capable of such love for each other had eventually felt so little for the child they had produced between them.”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“Theoretically, I can imagine that someday we will regard or children not add creatures to manipulate or to change but rather as messengers from a world we once deeply knew, but which we have long since forgotten, who can reveal to us more about the true secrets of life, and also our own lives, than our parents were ever able to.”
― Alice Miller, For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

“The reality is, no matter what you were told, whatever happened to you as a child was not legally or morally your fault. Abused children are instilled with guilt regarding their "participation." It's an especially complex issue if the abuser is a family member. The child is told and believes that by his word his family will disintegrate, or harm may descend upon other loved ones. He fears he will lose more by telling than not.”
― Sarah E. Olson, Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder

“The little girl's dependency on her father made [his] abuse more insidious.”
― Joan Frances Casey, The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality

“How hard someone [a child] is hit, and why they are hit, cannot merely be ignored when
speaking of hitting. Timing, part of context, is also of crucial importance.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“And what about the idea that hitting a child merely teaches them to hit? First:
No. Wrong. Too simple. For starters, “hitting” is a very unsophisticated word to
describe the disciplinary act of an effective parent. If “hitting” accurately
described the entire range of physical force, then there would be no difference
between rain droplets and atom bombs. Magnitude matters—and so does
context, if we’re not being wilfully blind and naïve about the issue.”
― Jordan B. Peterson

“It’s very easy to mouth clichés instead, such as: “There is no excuse
for physical punishment,” or, “Hitting children merely teaches them to hit.” Let’s
start with the former claim: there is no excuse for physical punishment. First, we
should note the widespread consensus around the idea that some forms of
misbehavior, particularly those associated with theft and assault, are both wrong
and should be subject to sanction.[...] Jail is clearly physical punishment—particularly solitary confinement—even when nothing violent happens.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Um dia Adelmino chega em casa, já na cidade, e deita na rede. Waldir devia ter uns quatro anos. Depois do cochilo, Adelmino levanta e não encontra a fivela de boiadeiro do seu cinto. Olha para Waldir acocorado do lado de fora. Grita pelo cinturão. O menino gagueja sem resposta. Cadê minha fivela? Waldir não diz nada e é levantado pelo pescoço e arremessado no chão. Depois é um chicote assobiando nas costas do moleque. Ele só chora e geme. Adelmino se cansa e volta pra rede, onde encontra a fivela. Tinha caído do cinto enquanto ele dormia. Ele olha para o menino, pensa em falar algo, mas não diz nada. Volta a dormir. E eu, onde estava? Cinco goles.”
― PAULO SALVETTI, Cara Marfiza,