Give Me a Chance to Grow Up

As a concerned teacher, I have observed over the last twenty (20) years of teaching children between the ages of seven to fifteen (7–15) years that children have experienced abuse sexually and otherwise. They were usually too ashamed or unsure of what to do, so they hid their problems. As a result, there is maladapted behavior in the form of violence, petty crimes, suicide, and promiscuity.

The problem of incest was also brought to the forum as a root cause of maladaptive behavior, which ul...