Jeannette Walls Child Abuse

As innocent children, we grow up with intentions of being just like our mommies and daddies. We dream that one day, we can wear the same powerful red cape, that we watch our parents wear with courage and bravery on a daily basis. Sadly, not every child is fortunate enough to have superheroes as parents; some children have villains as their mothers and fathers. When the walls of naivety begin to fade away and reality comes into play, certain children have to face the harsh reality that what should be their number one supporter(s) is actually their number one offender. In A Child Called It by David Pelzer, Pelzer learns how to survive abuse from his mother, and isolation from his entire family. Despite experiencing horrifying abuse from his

To illustrate, Walls begins painting her memoir by describing what was likely her first experience of neglect. After moving from place to place for years, when Walls family finally settles down in Welch, West Virginia she is forced to reconsider her circumstances. As Walls ages she realizes that she is not living a healthy, stable life style, but instead the lifestyle of a child subjective to physical and mental neglect. (“Jeannette Walls

Midway through her autobiography, Walls mentions the event of her Uncle Stanley inappropriately touching her while holding his privates. Rose Mary, Walls’ mother, dismisses the subject by telling Walls that sexual abuse is simply a mere idea of perception. Walls’ mother’s is false by all means, sexual abuse without question is a form of physical abuse that holds high consequences. Advancing, in the case of physical neglect a parent fails intentionally or unintentionally to provide and maintain adequate food, clothing, medical care, and supervision for the child(ren) they are responsible for. Doubtless Walls was also subjective to physical neglect. By the second chapter of The Glass Castle, Walls who is three at the time is being rushed to the hospital. Once the doctors perform a skin graft and cover her entire right side with bandages, the staff questioned how she received such horrific burns. After Walls revealed that her tutu caught fire when she was cooking hot dogs for herself alone, the staff immediately questioned her parents’ parenting style. Moving forward, just at four year years old, Walls lived a nomadic lifestyle, living in eleven different places. In due course, the Walls family found a cheap motel in Las Vegas to reside, up until their room caught fire one night while their mother and father were out. Paralyzed from