Stop child abuse


Abused Kids Become Lifetime Victims

Children suffering abuse readily acceptConference on Families, and such leadership
greater  abuse  in  adulthood.continues  to  this  day.
That is the conclusion reached by abuseHe is not only a veteran clinician in the
expert Heyward Bruce Ewart, III, Ph.D.,mental-health field but also a distinguished
university professor with 20 years ofteacher at the university level. Through Zoe
counseling  and  teaching  experience.University, Jacksonville, Florida, his video
lectures have been used by distance-learning
"Child abuse mangles the personality, andstudents across the United States and in some
sets up a false idea of self that attracts41  foreign  countries.
predators  for  a  lifetime,"  he  says.
A much sought-after public speaker, Dr. Ewart
A maltreated little girl, for example, willis a commanding presenter who speaks with
later pick out a mate who is no better thangreat passion on the issues of abused women
what she thinks she deserves. Thatand children. He has hosted and appeared as a
relationship confirms what she has alwaysguest on many TV and radio programs in major
thought: "There's something evil in me thatmarkets, a love that dates back to his
caused me to be abused early and now. This isoriginal career as a radio and TV news
all  I  deserve."announcer.
Ewart says if she leaves that first badHe is a published poet, and his hobbies also
relationship she will go to a worse one. Andinclude photography, singing, drama,
that's why shelters don't work, he asserts.evangelism, and social activities of all
Shelters offer haven but no insight into howkinds.
one  becomes  a  victim.
His test for concealed child abuse is
His new book, THE LIES THAT BIND: THEuploadable from his website. The intent, he
PERMANENCE OF CHILD ABUSE, is the first toexplains, is to overcome threats and other
establish a link between abuse as a child andfierce intimidation that typically prevent a
further abuse as an adult, most often inchild from revealing the truth about what he
domestic  violence.she  has  suffered.
The book is in polished manuscript form andSuch is accomplished by basing the first half
awaiting publication. In the meantime, heof the test items on symptoms rather than
sells the book on his website for a nominalreputed fact recalled from memory. The child
fee, either printed and bound or immediateis thus able, for the first half, to answer
email upload. His site is devoted to helpingwithout fear. The symptoms are derived from
victims and survivors of abuse and violence,the literature describing symptoms of abuse
including the pandemics of school andand  emotional  trauma,  Ewart  reports.
workplace  violence.
For a reason yet unknown, when children take
The author counts as major victims thosethe test, they tend to begin talking freely
falsely accused of child abuse--about 71during the second half, when the questions
percent of the cases reported--and heare plain and obvious to the child. THIS TEST
consults these individuals in fighting whatREQUIRES NO SCORING, BECAUSE THE CHILD WILL
he  calls  a  "no-win  system."TALK  TO  YOU,  he  insists.
Ewart also offers new tests for identifyingA second intent is to provide a means for
predators, secret child abuse, dangerousinterviewing the child directly, rather than
employees,  and  dangerous  students.through a third party. This approach, when
objective, tends to hold up in court
Dr. Ewart has devoted more than 24 years ofproceedings rather than subjective measures
his professional life to the protection andthat call for an opinion of the expert
treatment of women, children, and the family.witness. AGAIN, THE CHILD'S OWN WORDS ARE THE
During the President Jimmy CarterEVIDENCE, Ewart concludes.
Administration, he served the White House



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