Blake – Everything quickly became too much to handle and, at the age of twelve, I attempted to take my own life
My name is Blake, and I am a victim of adults putting their desires before their responsibilities as parents. I was born into a middle-class family that I thought was secure. We had no financial need that we could not meet, my mother took a very active role in raising...
Letter to European Commission on Certificate of Parenthood legislation
Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Katy Faust. I am President of Them Before Us, a global children’s rights nonprofit. I write regarding the proposed European Certificate of Parenthood on behalf of the children whose rights will be violated in the name of...![N. Smith – …the wound caused by missing actions on [my father’s] part is definitely still there in my adulthood](https://thembeforeus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/andrew-neel-f480QIEvwGI-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
N. Smith – …the wound caused by missing actions on [my father’s] part is definitely still there in my adulthood
I grew up in a single mother household. My parents divorced when I was six or seven years of age, my brother was three, and my sister was thirteen. When my parents divorced, we were living in California and my mom moved us to Michigan. My dad followed us, and they...