His gentle spirit will reach out and amaze you with its strength. In his own words, he shows you his scars and tells you the lies that he believes every page an accounting of the deliberate destruction of a child by those he loves and the strangers he is forced to please. Stupid Boy is the third instalment of Dear Teddy, and continues the pain-filled journey of a seven-year old boy through his horrific childhood of abuse. We chop up all the bad people with our swords. My badness comes out and makes it all stupid. ” I am a stupid boy, with stupid hair and stupid clothes. Then I draw the pictures about it and we make it all nice. Fear follows close behind in the guise of the “bad man.” Through manipulation and control, he is moulded into a creation of their own design. In his own words through the compelling pages of his journal, he writes in terrific detail of unspeakable abuse forced upon him by his parents. Where does an abused child turn when he has no one to talk to? Believing that he is evil and meant to be a victim, he tells his horrific journey to his only friend, Mr. He holds my hand when I have nightmares and my mummy doesn't hear me cry.
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