Reflection On A Child Called It By David Pelzer

In the book, “A Child Called It”, David Pelzer shares his story of the abuse he received from his family and the children at school. David’s book did change me emotionally, and also changed me in general. After reading the book, I was left in shock for many reasons. The thought of how David might be to this day kept me thinking and I strongly believe that his mother left him scarred for the rest of his life.

As mentioned earlier, the book did change me. I gave me a feeling of sadness. I feel as if no one deserves to be treated that way. We are all people and we deserve to be treated the same. David's mother would most likely not have continued to abuse David like that if she knew what it felt like. The book also made me realize even more that you cannot view people, like David, and immediately judge them for

Therefore, for David to grow up without support from both, is so hard to imagine how it feels. It also made me change because of David's abuse from his family. His family is meant to support him and love him, and now he is raised with someone who barely raised him and allowed him to grow up with constant fear. What shocked me most about the book was that the father just sat and watched his son being treated with so much disrespect. Then, the father just left without trying to save David from his daily fear, his mom. It also shocked me that the father made no efforts to get his kids into a safe environment. However, he continues to have more kids with the mother. The emotional abuse was worse in my opinion because not only did he have scars which reminded him of the horrible things his mom did to him, but he was now scarred with the memories of how he grew up. Most kids probably remember a good childhood, but David has to remember the horrible things he went through. Without being able to escape her horrible childhood