Wednesday Night "Mom": The Challenges and Rewards of Volunteering with Abused and Neglected Children
by Margaret A. Bengs
Category: Family & Relationships

This poignant, heartwarming story takes the reader into a home for abused and neglected children. Founded as an orphanage, the home today helps children whose parents abused them so severely that they developed emotional problems. This true tale about the throwaway kids, as they see themselves, reveals the damage inflicted on the most innocent and their heroic efforts to cope and survive. Yet, it is also a story of hope and transformationa call to befriend a suffering child and reap rich rewards of heart and spirit. The author reveals how these children lift the cloak of darkness from the eyes of the self-absorbed, inspire a deeper awareness of the complexity and richness of human life, and reveal the spiritual truths underlying all humanity. A valuable tool for volunteers at any residential care facility, this book shows the unique challenges, but also the unparalleled rewards, of committing time to an abused or neglected child. Roy Alexander, LCSW, Chief Executive Officer, Sacramento Childrens Home.