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My dad had a stroke

My family have recently been arguing...a lot. Last year, around the November sort of time, my Dad had a stroke that stopped him from using his left arm, left leg and slightly impaired his vision. He is making good progress,...

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My brother's weird moods

My brother always has these weird mood swings, i know he's a teenager and it's considered normal but it really isn't. He's 15 and one day he's in a okay mood and then next day or a few hours later...

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I hate my life :'(

Basically, im 13 and i live with my mum, nan, grandad and sister. We hve been living in a 2 bedroom house for about 7 months now as my mum doesnt have much money. Me, my mum and my sister...

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I want new parents

Lately I've been havign mood swings with my parents that I regret but they've become worse. My parents get so made because they have really short temper sand scream at me. They say I'm stupid and I'm an idiot and...

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Brother is a bully

dear sam, im 14 and my brother is 17 and everytime my mum is out, he bullys me. he hits me and pinches me and i always end up locking my door and crying. ive told my mum before about...

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I am really down

I am nearly 13 and my mum can be really nasty to me. We have arguments over the littlest of things and can last quite long. Tonight, she hit me 3 times , once across my face , which hurt...

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Aggressive Mother

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My mom often has sudden moodswings. As soon as she's in a bad mood i've done something wrong. I flinch when she comes near me. She threatens to hit me, and that it will leave a mark. Its...

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My sister :/

my sister always takes her anger out at me and then she is nice, ive tried confronting her but she just hits me again. i tried fighting back but i dont know what to do. now i just laugh at...

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Help !!!

hello sam im jade im 11 years old. lately i been going upset crying alot cause i have lots of things on my chest...

1. im being bullyed by people i thought was my friend...

2. i hate the place...

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Help.. PLEASE?? :(

Hi.. heres my story:...

My brother is 8 and has adhd and im 13.. Yesterday he said he put my toothbrush in the toilet.. So i put his in the toilet for revenge.. Then he went and told my mum....

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Family

I am having trouble coping with the stress and anger. Sometimes I wish I could go to a foster home, then again I dont want to. I hope you can help me with my problem. I dont like living somewhere...

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I always feel sad :(

Hi sam ... i always feel sad and always am upset and consider tryin to kill myself ... my family hate me , my brother and sister say im adopted when im not, my dad never talks to me its...

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My dad hits me

Its just my dad. My mom doesn't do anything to me but sometimes she says i ask for it. When my brother does something wrong, my dad assumes its me not my brother because he is used to hitting me...

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Don't know what to do

I am always fighting with my mum because of my sister who she appears to prefer to me. this happens quite often and she tells me that if i carry on doing this she will kick me out of the house....

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Stressed and angry

hi sam i am soo stressed and angry that me and my mum are arguing so much that i makes me want to run away but if i did and came back i dont no if she would be angry...

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I want to move away!

I've had enough of living here, my step dad abuse's my mom and brother and im scared im next. i hate seeing my mom get hurt but everytime we move away he says hes changed and mom always takes us...

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I'm so unhappy

Hi, i'm 15 years old and just about to do my exams, although im finding it hard to study and i hate going home every day. Me and my mum are always fighting and arguing, and she always accuses me...

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Family arguments

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Me and my mum argue every night, over silly things. Whatever i do she just screams at and its like i cant do anything right. She says im a lousy kid and wont stop being angry and screaming....

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I need some help

Okay this is a really long story but im going to try to explain as best as i can....

Im 15 and as far back as i can remember my mum has been violent towards me and my brothers. Most...

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Sexual abuse

Hi, I'm Amber ...and I'm 12. My family don't get along we are always fighting and argueing my Dad has sexually abused me and my Mum tells me to go and commit suicide. Also she has pushed me into a...

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I can hear them

i dont no what to do anymore, my parents fight on a 3 - 4 monthly bases and it scares me when i hear my mum scream and her crying. i was so afraid the day after that everytime my dad...

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Dad + Drinking = BIG Problems :(

Hi Sam...

My dad drinks a lot.  he goes to work as a logistic driver (lorry driver) im really worried about his health becuase i dont think that his age he should be drinking, hes around 45-50.  my 2 big...

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Cousin

Hi Sam...

Recently my cousin has come to live and i'm falling apart. I'm taking 7 GCSE exams a year early and she is really annoying me. She keeps copying me and when i ask her to stop or change...

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My sister hates me!

Hi there Sam. I have wanted to write to you before but i couldn't get the courage to click the send button, but now i think i need to. Well i think i kindda am going through puberty and you...

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Child abuse

Hey I'm 14 years old and i have been suffering abuse from my dad.  he's been hitting me so many times now and treating me badly i'm fed up of it.  he's grabbed me from behind my neck and chucked...

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My brother and autism

Hi, my older brother is 16, i am 14. He has autism and we have always known, it is not a severe case of autism, and it is right in the middle of the asd spectrum, showing traits of both...

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I get beaten up

My mum and step dad always fight, but when my dad storms off drunk mum starts shouting at me and when i try to stick up for my step dad, and he leaves, and she starts on me....

When i...

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My 13 year old sister is self harming

I don't usually write letters like this, but I have searched through the other letters around this same situation but there isn't any that will help....

Basically my 13 year old sister was diagnosed with epilepsy earlier this year, around...

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Sibling abuse?

is there any such thing as sibling abuse? and if then can the child protection unit ever help with it? because i have an older sibling who is nearly 20yrs of age and is constantly giving verble abuse and when...

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Im scared of my mum

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me and my mum wont stop fighting. my mum is always stressed about work and is a very busy person but i dont think its a reason to hit me and make me feel bad about myself....

me...

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Isolation...

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Recently, I have noticed that there have been more arguments in my household. I don't know what to do. I feel so angry sometimes, but I have to hold my anger back because I don't want no one...

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Stepdad

it all started about 8 years ago when my mom got a new boyfriend we never got on really, but was civil and friendly towards each other but as i got older he started to be verballly abusive to me...

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Arguing with my mum?

The Situation...

Me and my Mum argue a lot...I really don't like it. All the kids at school's Mums hardly ever argue with them - it seems like me and my mum are different. ...
We argue over pointless things....

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Parents arguing

okay.. so basically, my mum and i have left my abusive dad countless times, and she keeps going back to him. right now, we are living with him, and it is absolute hell :( they both get really drunk every...

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is this abuse or not?

I am wondering is this a form of abuse or not? my mum and dad are constilly, argueing and fighting. my dad always keeps secerts from my mum, and tells all of them secerts to the kids. He always makes...

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Confused

Me and my dad fight a lot sometimes for the little things in life that dont matter but now its starting to get worse he starts getting angry at my mam sometimes now my mum is disabled and she cant...

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how do i stop my mum from getting angry?

hi sam,...

i'm 11 years old and i have loads of arguements with my mum and dad and sometimes they can turn around and hit me. my mum is the worst of the two as she works full time and...

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I feel hated

All my life i've been treated like I'm not loved :'( My mom always told me that I'll never amount to anything, and whatever i do never seems good enough, and I've had no one to talk to. I feel...

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my mum

recently i have finished school and have told my mum i am not going to college, the reason for this because i am pregnant and i dont want alot of stress and pressure left on me. we have been arguing...

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Dad

Ive found it very hard comming onto childline, and at the moment, i only have the courage to send childline a letter,...

Me and my dad are always fighting, not just silly ones, but sometimes they get really scary, he...

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my dad.

me and my dad fight a lot. I want to fix it, but whenever me and him sit down to try and sort it out I have this feeling inside me where I don't want to fix it with him....

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I just wish someone would listen and help! :'(

I’m 12. I have nice things like a violin, TV, PSP, iPod, my own room and go on nice holidays but still don't feel like my family love me... When I do something good they don't really seem to care...

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My life is a mess :'(

hi sam i am 11 year'sz old im a female nd im really upset because my life is a mess im ugly over weighted i have grey littile bit hair in my frindge people bully me my family is kind...

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I want a proper family

im 15 years old and In the begining of June, stuff happened between me and my dad, I tried to ignore it but then it happened again. I couldnt cope, i couldnt sleep and i could only have a shower...

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My dad threatens me

Hi Sam,

I'm 14 and I am sometimes scared of my dad. Recently he has been threatening me, saying 'if you don't do this correctly, then I will hit you' and he does.

I don't know what to do.

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stress/arguments/suicidal thoughts

Me and my mum argue all the time, and sometimes it turns violent. I get really upset and everything, but the next day she acts like everything is fine. I have thought about running away or calling childline but I...

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Me and Mum :(

Hi Sam....

Im sure you get letters like this everyday, so this properly wont be answered but if you can answer that would be great. ...

Me and my mum have unbelievable fights. We both have fiery personalities and so...

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My mums an alcoholic

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I'm 16 and my mum constantly hits me, mainly fuelled by alcohol. she drinks excessively every night and becomes aggressive and swears at me .. I have a younger sister who is 14 and she gets treated totally...

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help please

 dear sam ...

i am 12 years old. my family are my problem. i have a step dad. every thing i do or say i do wrong i end u getting hurt or end up falling out with my family and...

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Help-please

My Mum has just split up with her boyfriend and she is now talking to a guy over the Internet. She is talking about meeting him and she does not know I know this. She is also getting drunk almost...

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ADHD

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i really dont know what to do. Im 16 years old and ive got a brother that 19 and hes got real bad ADHD:/ i never know what to do anymore because he threatens me and hits me,...

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my mum and dad

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i over heard my mum talking to my nana (grandmother) about my dad because at the moment he is very ill, he wakes up in a morning and sometimes crys because he is in so much pain. she was...

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Hello!

Umm, I have never really told anybody this but I think its time I did. ever since in was young my dad used to hit me and swear at me and to my younger brother , 10 years old. My...

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arguments..

me and my mum or dad are always arguing. if im not arguing with my mum, then im arguing with my dad. i dont know why it happens...i mean i do over react about somethings, but i dont know why...

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SUICIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I FEEL SUICIDAL!!! ...
MY family are getting on top of my head ...
My life is messed ...
My work is screwed ...
And I wanna kill myself.. as I have tried to do so ...
So far, I...

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Is this normal?

Sometimes I play fight with my step dad and its fun but then he gets really into it and it starts to hurt a lot and he pulls my hair or punches me really hard. sometimes I'll just be sitting...

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My brother hits me ...

Please help I really don't know what to do anymore! :'(...

My brother is constantly lashing out at me for no reason, or for small reasons such as changing the channel. I'm 15 and he is 13 but he is...

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Domestic Violence

There is quite a big age gap between me and my brother. He is much older. My dad died some time ago and it's just me, my brother and my mum living at home....

My brother is a very angry,...

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mum dad and brother

Hi, my brother today was fighting with my mum and i got really sad. I went into my room locked my door and cried. My brother is 20 years old and the oldest sibling. Things are hard in my life...

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When my parents are out of the house...

When my parents are out of the house, my brother beats me up. He hits me really hard and winds me. Sometimes he blocks the door, insisting we have a fight, but he is too strong and I don't want...

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help

I'm 13 and I feel like everyone in my family hates me, my cousin always hits me and calls me names and my mum is horrible to me and hits me with a wooden spoon. My auntie is always mean...

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School and family

My younger brother tries to make everybodys life difficult. My mum loves him more than me or my sister. He never gets in trouble for anything and when he hits us we are told not to wind him up. He...

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Mum And Granny

Hi sam on Christmas me my mum my aunty and my granny had Christmas dinner. My granny has been very moany lately and my mum and her have not been getting on very well. At christmas they had a BIG...

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Unhappy New Year

My parents don't fight too often, but when they do I get really scared. It's my stepdad who has been living with me since I was about 4, and I am now 13 so he feels like a real father...

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I hate my mum

hi .... about 4 years ago my dad was shot in the leg when he went on a 7 month tour in Afghanistan and has undergone loads of intensive physio and operations to get him better ..... sine then when...

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fighting

I am the eldest child in my family. My mum and dad are divorced and my mum has a new boyfriend that I don't get on with. He shouts at everyone even when you haven't really done any thing. I...

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they wreck up my life

my mum and dad fight with each other; verbally and physically abusing each other....

if i tell them to stop it, they turn it all on me! so then its like my mum&dad against me! they shout, scream, swear, and...

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i hate my mum

me and my mum have never been close but she has always been close to my sister who is 9. i am 14 by the way. i never talk to her about anything and she never cares when i look...

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Tough times

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When I was younger, I used to be hurt by some members of my family physically and verbally. A few years have gone since then but my family now tells me that I'm stupid if I cry, stupid...

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HELP!!!

So my parents fight a lot. 3 years ago, on Christmas Eve, my dad pushed my sister into the Christmas Tree. And then he kept hitting her until like 11 at night. He hit her with his phone charger and...

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Atacking me

Dear Sam,...

Im 10 years old, female at primrey school....

I have never been bullyed at school but I have been bullyed. I get bullyed at home. My dad my sister and my two brothers always hit me and smake...

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I don't know if I can do this any more...

Hey,...

Im 15 years old and live with my mum, ever since my dad left my mum started to drink more than usual and get more aggressive. I'm scared to come home from school because she will hurts me all...

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Family fights

About three years ago my dad left my mum, and for a year she was depressed. I thought it had gotten better but now she has started crying and shouting and hitting a lot again....

Since my dad left, my...

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Step dad and mom

well my when i was young my mom divorced my dad when i was three and we moved . i lived with my mom and brother and my grandma and aunt whom lived a couple miles away from us and...

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Please help

I have been hit by my dad for the last couple of years since 2007. iknow it is sometimes my fault because of my behaviour like today (14/3/2012)...

this morning my father asked me how much money have i got...

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Alcohol...

my grandad has been drinking very heavily recently he goes through at least 4/5 bottles of whisky a week, maybe more, i tell him and tell him that he's going to end up drinking himself to death, but he just...

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hit

i get hit at home by my dad, siter and brother, my mum uasaully just says abuse and has called me stuff i dont even no what it meens. i cant tell anyone becaesue my family might hit me. i...

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My parents are making me miserable.

I'm 16 and ever since i can remember my parents have ALWAYS been arguing constantly. It's happened so often throughout my life that i'm used to it by now. Sometimes the fights are over small, stupid things and don't last...

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My brother hits me all the time

My brother has aspergers syndrome and he seems to take all his anger out on me :( He is 15 and I'm 14 but I'm getting fed up of constantly being hit and punched, my parents know about it but...

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