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ABOUT HELP FOR KIDS
Emotional abuse and bullying are extremely hard situations to deal with by yourself. I've set up this website as a sanctuary for kids or teenagers dealing with emotional abuse and/or emotional bullying. The difference between this and other websites is that it has been built by someone just like you. I'm only 14. In my experience, I've found that it is extremely hard to find help as a child when dealing with a situation like abuse. Not only is finding help hard, but finding help from people who actually know what's going on is even harder. I've been in (and still am in) your position, and so it may be a little easier to relate to this stuff, rather than reading it from another site designed by adults. This website has been set up to explain what emotional abuse and bullying are, where and with whom it occurs, and how to deal with it.
The first thing you must know about abuse and bullying is that they are wrong. You don't deserve to abused or bullied. Secondly, you have to understand that it is not your fault, you didn't do anything wrong. What that person does is their decision, it has nothing to do with how you behave. No matter what they tell you, it's not your fault.
Abuse never goes away. You are always going to encounter it throughout your life. Whether it is concerning you, a friend, a family member or any other person you meet, you are bound to come into contact with someone who needs help dealing with abuse. Dealing with emotional abuse or bullying is probably the hardest thing you will ever have to do in your life, and if you deal with it correctly and get past it, it can leave you as a much stronger person than you started out to be.
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
Emotional abuse is very common these days. Unfortunately, not many people believe that it occurs and that it is important enough to worry about. Basically, only those who have gone through it can accept that it happens. That's one reason why emotional abuse is so horrible; hardly anyone believes that it's happening to you, let alone is prepared to help you through it. Emotional abuse is just like every other type of abuse. It degrades your humanity, self esteem and self image. It leaves scars and bruises, just like physical abuse, they're just invisible to the naked eye. Physical abuse hurts you on the outside, emotional abuse hurts you on the inside, and it can often cause more damage. I'm not saying that it is worse to be emotionally abused, but at least with physical abuse you may be able to prove that it is happening; you can show bruises and cuts. If you try and explain to someone that you are being emotionally abused, it's almost impossible to prove it.
BULLYING (VERBAL AND EMOTIONAL)
Bullying is a "sub-group" of emotional abuse. It is effectively the same thing, however is most commonly reffered to as abuse between kids/teenagers at school. Bullying has basically the same effect on teenagers as emotional abuse from an adult does, however there are a few differences.
The main difference between emotional abuse from an adult and bullying from a teenager, is that the relationships in each situation are on different levels. The relationship between an adult and a teenager is very different to a relationship between two teenagers; as a result, the person is hurt in different ways.
The main factor here is the position of power. Adults are on a different level of power to teenagers; therefore they usually have more influence and power over you. In a lot of ways being abused by an adult is much worse, but in a lot of ways it is just as bad being bullied by someone your own age. The situations are different, so they need to be dealt with differently.
OTHER THINGS TO DO ON HELPFORKIDS.COM
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Here you can post topics and discuss whatever suits your fancy. It doesn't just have to be about the site, it can be anything from politics to music to religion to current affairs.
Live Chat
I have added a free chat room to discuss issues with people from around the globe. It's instant and easy to use. Feel free to invite friends in aswell. Check out the chat times at the top of the page and convert to your local time.
Free For All Links
The web ring is a chain of websites posted by viewers. Feel free to add helpful links, add your own or even your friends webpages.
Right Panel Links
Down the right hand side of this page you will see a list of links. They are not all related to abuse, some are just some interesting and fun websites. Please e-mail me if you know of another site that would be helpful here.
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