I will champion you as I champion myself

You can't tell a child that their abusive parent loves them and then expect them to recognize abuse as unacceptable later.

You conditioned them to accept harm as love and if they aren’t aware enough to stop that confusion, it will follow them into every relationship.

Stop lying to children about abusive parents loving them and doing the best they can. You’re doing them a lifelong disservice by siding with the abusive adult as the child fights to be a loving little human with no one to protect them.

I want to do my best via my writing to teach people early, that real love doesn't hurt. That's how we protect them later.

Lies… saying your mom loves you, by explaining that she just has a hard time showing it or your dad loves you, he just chooses not to show it.

Abusive parents condition kids that abuse is a distorted form of love. They then grow up feeling cruelty can coexist with caring. They can’t see past harm being hand in hand with affection.

Abuse is equivocal of love.

Who is there when those children become teenagers? Will they find a loving partner or will they be a human magnet, attracting an abuser?

Then, suddenly, unsurprisingly, adults gravitate toward abuse in relationships. They are conditioned to understand that partners who hurt them actually love them.

We must stop saying that abusive parents love their children.

Leave situations where love is weaponized.

My books shed light on abuse, narcissistic behavior, neglect, loneliness, sadness, and finding peace outside of all of it…as I made my own path. Find my books, share them. We all deserve better!

Natalie Mosley Klenotic

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