My Story trilogy

I am feeling so much better today. The morning was so fine. Did the house chores and spent some time at home cooking. Some simple dishes with some soup for the recovering stomach.

I have finished reading the book by Dave Pelzer, My Story which consists the trilogy of A CHILD CALLED 'IT", THE LOST BOY,and A MAN NAMED DAVE. Indeed I have read the most books in this year itself, which was actually 5 (the trilogy(3)) including 2 from Mitch Albom within a month! So lex, it's actually 5, wohoo.... Perhaps I have a very short span of attention, that's why I need the right book to read. Otherwise it would be another book which probably gonna stay in the shelve.

I can't be relating the whole story of the book here coz it's really very long and winding and at times, you find yourself reading the same thing over and over again. Well, as mentioned, this is a trilogy, so some parts are inevitably needed to be repeated. You may want to visit the author's website here.

At one moment, child abuse stories were florid in the market and became top charters. I am not a huge fan on child abuse stories but I simply got hooked on one of those. There are so much in Dave story that I see someone like I've met before. In the 70s, child abuse was not recognized and especially in asian countries like ours, this ideology is still something swept under the carpet rather than letting the cats out. You got what I mean? Unless if we were aware of abusing a child is wrong, no matter culturally or a family thingy, abused cases would never be heard. Thus if the society is aware that it's a wrong act, these kids or at least a few of them can be saved.

When I see mothers who came with the kids and simply threatening their kids for even doing nothing wrong like, 'move quick otherwise I'll ask the police to catch you', I wouldn't be very pleased at all. I would on most occasions explain to the mothers, listen, dun threaten the kids too often even for a small issue. They would get confused and self-esteem would be affected when they grow up because at any of their action is always being criticized and threatened. We need to explain to parents that kids have to be explained about the truth. This might not be true for those who are very young but at least we don't inculcate terror in our kids. I am not a child therapist, but I am merely speaking from my perspective.

Well, I have definitely spoken too much on the issue from the past few days. I would like to highlight one more point from the book. You will find that the abuser usually had a history of being abused when he/she was younger. Like Dave's mother who abused him, was actually an abused victim by his own grandmother but they all didn't realize that because abusing a child was simply taken as disciplining a kid, for their own good. Unless we realized that, the vicious cycle will never break its chain. The lucky ones will be someone like Dave, who succeeded in life, but the rest resort to either drugs, sex, suicide or being an abuser themselves.

If we could save a child today by creating more awareness, I don't see why this act is being considered silly. Until then, let's find us some peace on this world.