Child Of Rage Documentary Summary

The documentary "Child of Rage" details the horrible effects of the trauma a young girl named Beth is experiencing. Beth was sexually abused by her biological father at a very young age. Beth and her younger brother were adopted when she was one and a half and her brother was seven months old by a couple ready to shower the children with love. The couple begins to notice that Beth is exhibiting sexual and aggressive behaviors towards themselves, her younger brother, and animals. Discovering the trauma Beth went through and realizing the behaviors were becoming more dangerous to the family, the parents place Beth in a residential facility to help children exposed to severe trauma form a sense of self and attachment. At the end of the documentary,

This is probably one of the very few times that I've heard details about sexual abuse taking place. Listening to Beth describe her trauma was extremely painful to listen to; it made me uncomfortable and sad. In my mind, the fact that a six year old had to endure these events is sick; a child should not come in contact with anything sexual until much later in life. Beth did not have a say in what was going on. She knew something was not right because she felt pain, but it was coming from her father, someone that she looks up to and is supposed to trust. I don't know how an individual can process that, let alone a very young girl who first memories of life are being touched by her father. Interestingly, Beth spoke to the doctor so openly; this shocked me. She was able to recall specific details and she spoke emotionlessly about wanting to kill her parents and brother. She described a sense of not being able to stop as if she was not in control of her actions. Thankfully, her parents knew something had to be done instead of just avoiding or ignoring the issue. The last minutes of the documentary Beth’s progress is shown. This may sound odd but I was happy to see her cry; it meant