“I wish I liked hugs.”
Trigger warning: This post includes topics of abuse.
Here are some of the saddest things people have heard children say:
1.
“I was at the park with my two sons one day.
They were around five and six.
It was nothing fancy or over the top, just a regular day at the park.
I told him because they are my kids and I love them.
He said, ‘Are you always that nice to them?’
I said yes, Im their mom.
He then looked incredibly sad, gave me a hug, and ran off.
I pray for him all the time.”
Abigail Anna Isreal, Quora
2.
She subsequently got arrested, he got taken into CPS custody and we got him.
He never saw her again, just to give you a backstory.
Anyway, my son doesnt say much about his ‘mom.’
She passed away in 2014 due to chronic alcoholism.
I was flabbergasted…"
“I said, ‘That hasnt happened since youve been with me.’
He said, ‘Oh no, you and my dad didnt do it.’
Then he just went back to talking about school, like nothing happened.
Dawn Riggie, Quora
3.
Ashley was cute as a button with the most infectious smile.
However, Ashley had a habit of peeing herself during class.
At first, the other students were quiet, but she was eventually teased.
After the principal met with her parents, Ashley had no more accidents.
Many months later, I asked Ashley how she was doing.
She mumbled something and looked away.
I didn’t press the question, but I could tell something I said triggered some sadness.
Later, I asked my daughter about it and she told me Ashley’s parents made her wear PullUps.
She told my daughter she had to wear them because ‘Clive broke her bladder.’
A relative from her mothers side lived with them and had been sexually molesting Ashley for years.
One day, he went too far and destroyed her bladder.”
“Her mom found her hemorrhaging.
Cara Edmonds, Quora
4.
“My beautiful, clever, and funny little girl developed anorexia when she was 11.
Her life was in danger, so we spent six weeks admitted to the hospital.
She was bed-bound for the first week and then allowed to visit the toilet in a wheelchair.
At first, she refused to eat at all for two days.
My husband was with our daughter at home.
It was mid-winter, and she paddled out to the middle.
She was sitting there when my husband realized she was missing and dashed out to get her back.
The depth of pain and subterfuge just felled me.
Childhood mental illness is utterly devastating.”
Anonymous, Quora
5.
My 5-year-old son looked wide-eyed as I read the report to my wife.
‘Yes, of course,’ I said.
Needless to say, I swept him into my arms and broke down.”
Aaron H., Quora
6.
“I raised my now 21-year-old grandson for most of his childhood.
He was a little quirky and had sensory issues.
He did not like to be touched very much.
He would let me massage his back before falling asleep but he didn’t like hugs.
For most kids this would be a good thing, but not for my grandson.
He fought off his dad and was scolded for it…ruining the visit.
A couple of weeks later, my grandson’s father died suddenly.
I hoped that the end of that last visit would be forgotten, but I really knew better.
One night before bed, he quietly said, ‘I wish I liked hugs.'”
Janet A., Quora
7."‘Mom?’
‘Daddy made me wake up last night.
He kissed me and said he loves me and I woke up and then he left.
But I fell asleep again.’
I said, ‘He loves you more than anything else in the world.
Now brush your teeth.
Time for school.’
That was the last kiss from his dad my child ever got.
Later that same night, this loving dad committed suicide it had been a goodbye kiss.
We didn’t know it until that days school was almost out."
Marion Cannon, Quora
8.
“I was visiting a poverty-stricken area in a Mumbai suburb in 2012.
I was doing an independent study to assess the impact of poverty on kids.
I was going from house to house chatting with the families.
These people were REALLY poor, barely making ends meet.
When I took a lunch break, I conversed with the little girl.
What happened next led me to question my own existence.
Here is the conversation:
“Me: What is your name?
Where do you live?
Girl:My parents call me Bulbul.
I live six houses down the road.
She stopped talking at this point.
Girl:I have a brother at home.
He is four years old.
It was enough for my mum, myself, and my brother, but not for him.
He went without food for several days, living on water but making sure he fed us.
After he died, we were left with no one to take care of us.
Now, we are starving again with no food for the past two days.
So, at this point, I asked her what her family was going to do.
Her reply shook me.
After that food is finished, I will die so the neighbors can bring food to feed my mom.
This is from a six-year-old.”
Zack J., Quora
9.
“When I was young, I joined a charity at a cancer hospital, the kids department.
One afternoon, I visited the kids as usual and noticed one kid wasnt playing.
He just sat there, looking out of the window.
I approached him and asked if he was okay.
His sad eyes looked at me, then gazed out of the window again.
I followed his gaze and saw a man and a woman seemingly arguing about something.
The conversation seemed heated.
In a soft and weak voice, he said, ‘They fight because of me.’
Then he turned back to me and asked, ‘Why was I born like this?
I didnt ask to be born.’
It took all my strength to hold back tears while I hugged him.”
Blue, Quora
10.
“I fostered a 7-year-old girl for what was to be one day.
The expectation was that she would then be returned to her mother with the boyfriend out on his ear.
I said, ‘Even grownups get confused about what is important.’
She cried on my shoulder until she was exhausted.”
“We managed well, and she was returned to her father in six months.
We discovered she did not need the classes for children who were developmentally disabled.
Her life got significantly better, but the scar from her mothers rejection stayed for a long time.”
Carol Henig, Quora
11.
“‘Don’t cry, ma.
She was a Beta Thalassemia Major patient.
She was a real cutie.
She had undergone two bone marrow transplants but came back with recurrent complications from the procedures.
We tried our best, but she was dying…and she knew it.
She passed away peacefully in her sleep after weeks of fighting.”
Bella H., Quora
12.
“My parents died 52 days apart, my dad, then my mom.
My husband and I had three married daughters and two grandchildren.
Carson, seven, and Lilly, three.
On the day of my mom’s funeral, our grandson sat next to me in the church.
He grabbed my hand and said, ‘Nana, can I switch hearts with you?
I’m younger, and maybe I can stop your sadness with my heart.'”
Michelle Clark Bruce, Quora
13.
“A photographer captured a picture of this little girl from Syria.
When he took her photo, she immediately put her hands up.
She thought the camera was a gun, so she raised her hands in the air, surrendering herself.
Hadmat Singh Rajput, Quora
14.
“I have a neighbor who shouts at his kids a lot.
We want to get it if you won’t be angry?’
Me: ‘Of course I won’t be angry.
Mindy: ‘Are you really not angry?’
Me: ‘No.'”
After Charlotte reassured them she wouldn’t get mad, Mindy flung into her arms.
“I didn’t even know her before this.
There’s no saying exactly what the background is, but I found it sad.”
Charlotte N., Quora
15.
“I was ice fishing with a friend.
A family pulled up and asked if it was okay to fish near us.
It was a busy day on the lake, and people were crowded together.
They had two young children with them.
The older one, a girl, was pretty shy, but the younger one started talking.
He said, ‘I live with [my] Grandpa and Grandma.
Matt Lein, Quora
