Hi there,
Thank you for writing to me. ChildLine is always here to listen to you.
I can hear that you are going through so much at home and that your parents have hurt you in many different ways. Your parents are wrong to be hitting you and making you feel scared. They have a responsibility as your parents to protect you from any harm, including if your brothers do something wrong and they are wrong to have ever insulted you. None of this is your fault. You have the right for to feel safe in your own home and to be treated with respect.
I can understand it is hard to know what to do - the ChildLine website has advice about physical abuse and emotional abuse and what to do if it is happening to you. You can call 999 anytime you feel unsafe or in danger.
I’m glad that you feel happy at school. Is there anyone there, like a teacher, that you feel you could talk to about home?
If you tell school they may have to get help for you by telling someone else. If you just want to talk about it, or if you ever feel sad and lonely, you can call ChildLine, email us or talk through online chat. ChildLine won’t tell anyone what you say to us, unless you are in immediate life-threatening danger, or unless you want us to tell someone.
Your feelings are so important and I wonder how the insults have left you feeling. There is information and advice about confidence and self-esteem in Explore that I think you will find helpful. There will be lots of things that are good about you, sometimes it can help to find those things for yourself and to remind yourself of them, no matter what other people say to you.
I hope this helps,
Take care,
Sam