Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment

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Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment

Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment

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Some of these scars might be physical, but emotional scarring has long lasting effects throughout life, damaging a child's sense of self, their future relationships, and ability to function at home, work and school. The book explores the `rod of correction' as used by proponents like Michael Pearl; the inbreeding of the Amish which has brought back diseases not seen since the 19th Century; ritual abuse which, on the surface, might seem misleading since most people associate ritual abuse with suburban satanists.

For example, the authors of the aforementioned Pediatrics article point out that religious or spiritual traditions can emphasize guilt and thus cause low self-esteem in children. Parents of under-16-year-olds are legally responsible for making sure their child has somewhere safe to stay. If a pupil turns 16 between 2 July and 31 August they can’t leave school until 30 June the following year (Gov.

Religious education is the bane of the world and children brought up in strict households suffer untold psychological problems. If you feel that your safety or the safety of the child would be threatened if you tried to intervene, leave it to the professionals.

It turns out the right to refuse medical treatment for your child actually began, not with a grass roots movement, but with heavy lobbying by the Christian Scientists. If you grew up in a household where screaming and shouting or violence was the norm, you may not know any other way to raise your kids. GPs don't want responsibility for this, so there's a huge cultural job to be done with them to get them to take on the issue," said one participant. Exposing a child to violence against others, whether it is against the other parent, a sibling, or even a pet. As young people get older they may start to think about moving out and living independently, for various reasons.The suffering Heimlich documents is simply overwhelming: the toddlers beaten to death by parents convinced that zealous corporal punishment will save their child from sin. Religion can be a source of comfort, strength, and inspiration for young people, but it can also mask deviant and harmful behavior on the part of adults who care for children. It is true that abused children are more likely to repeat the cycle as adults, unconsciously repeating what they experienced as children. A 1984 survey of Quaker families reveals that Quaker fathers reported more acts of violence toward their children than did fathers nationally, and Quaker sibling violence was significantly higher than sibling violence rates reported nationally.

After speaking with dozens of victims, perpetrators, and experts, and reviewing a myriad of court cases and studies, the author explains how religious child maltreatment happens. Joanne suffered bouts of rheumatic fever throughout her childhood; each time, she was confined to her bed for months.Breaking Their Will is heartbreaking, as she tells the stories of victims who have suffered at the hands of the pious. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. there may be cases where the injuries suffered by a victim would usually amount to common assault but due to the presence of serious aggravating features, they could more appropriately be charged as actual bodily harm. The biggest difficulty is persuading not only decision-makers, but also the public, that preventing child abuse is possible, given the right steps. Or parents who were themselves victims of child abuse may only know how to raise their children the way they were raised.



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