Naomi: A Child Forgotten

By Barbara H. Clark

This book is about a young girl’s growing up in the country and the difficulty she faced during her childhood. It also talks about the hardships she encountered as a child during the Depression. As the woman in question grew up, she suffered a lot of abuse from her parents and family members as well as from her husband. The book also talks about her first encounter with a tent crusade when she first finds out about Christ.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Oct 22, 2018
• ISBN: 9781982212575

Barbara H. Clark

Barbara holds an Associate Degree in Health and a Bachelor Degree in Health Administration she had worked in the Health Field as a Nursing Assistance before she finished college with her Degrees. This book has been in the making for several years but, because of distractions and health problems, it was put off. Now, God has given her the ability to move forward with this book and now it’s an accomplishment all thanks to God Almighty because He has made it possible.

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Balboa Press rev. date:    10/20/2018

Contents

Naomi A Child Forgotten

Statistics

Naomi’s Story

Growing up in the Country

Bullying

Moving from the Country to the City

Drop Out of School

Grandparents

Abusive Father

Mother / Daughter relationship

Rape

The Tent Crusade

Backslide from the Church

First Car

Marriage

Charles and his Female Friend

Drinking Problem

Charles Health

New Job

Home with Charles

Chemo-Therapy

Tragedy

Naomi A Child Forgotten

Naomi suffered abusive relationships during her younger days she has written this book to help inspire and encourage others who might be going through similar difficulties.

Difference Types of Abuse:

1. Physical Abuse

2. Mental Abuse or Emotional Abuse

3. Sexual Abuse

4. Child Abuse

5. Bullying

Each one of these abuses affects an individual in different ways I will explain how each one plays their part in an individual’s life.

Physical Abuse can include any bodily harm to another person signs of physical abuse.

• Hitting

• Punching

• Slapping

• Kicking

Mental or Emotional Abuse is when someone tries to control the mind of their family member.

• Such as insulting that person or calling them names

• Making one feel bad about themselves

• Degradation

Sexual Abuse is not really about sex but about one wanting to have power and control over that individual. Making their partner perform in any sex without their consent.

• Forcibly hurting that person while having sex

• Forcing a person to have sex with others against their will

Child Abuse includes sexual or mistreatment of a child.

• Slapping

• Hitting

• Kicking

• Beating

• Biting

• Pinching

Bullying is the aggressive behavior of other children that make one feel like they have power over that child, which is why they pick on certain ones and sometimes it can be a group of children picking on two or three.

• Name calling

• Ridicule a child

• Taking from them

• Tearing up their stuff

The effects that abuse can cause

• High Blood Pressure

• Bruises

• Black Eyes

• Burns, and cuts

Who are the abusers?

A person who has experienced abuse in their life in the past, see another person difference.

They are:

• Controlling

• Bad temper

• Unpredictable

Statistics

The experts say that four girls and one in six boys have been victims of sexual abuse by the time they reach their eighteen birthdays. Close to 60,000 American children are sexual abuse every year. Other sexual abuse includes one and three women (36%) of them have been raped, stalked, or beaten by their intimate partner. One in five women in the United States reported raped while one in seventy-one men have a claim to have been violated. Over half of the females who report being assaulted by their husband or partner.

An average of 72% of these victims has Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Some 71% have depression, between 40% and 75% have anxiety disorders. On the average, about 7 million children experience domestic violence every year.

The abuser can be a loved one, a boyfriend, a husband, wife, parent, grandparent, a sibling, or another relative. It could even be a coach or your school teacher, or a family friend. It is impossible to tell who the abusers are they are ordinary people just like anyone else. (https://www.betterhealth) .

Naomi’s Story

Naomi has regained the life that her heavenly father meant for her to live. She often visits churches to worship God with other believer worshiping God bring joy, and peace to her life. Naomi has dedicated her life to living for God and doing whatever she can to help others that are in need.

Naomi knows firsthand what it’s like to not have a relationship with your mother to be abused by Mother, Father, and family members raised in a home without love. One thing she wants to share with others is that there is help for their situation they don’t have to keep on suffering any longer. They can find that help in Jesus that