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Tressa – The 12-Year-Old Mum: My True Story

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'Nobody knew the truth. For all those years while people judged me, I protected those closest to me. Now it's time for the real story to be told. It's time for healing and forgiveness.'Tressa Middleton made UK history when she became Britain's youngest mum in 2006 aged just 12 years and 8 months. Her case provoked shock and outrage – but the truth behind the headlines was far sadder than anyone could ever have imagined.Born into a life of poverty and neglect, Tressa was forced to grow up fast when she taken into care at just four years old. She was returned to her mother's chaotic world but by the age of seven, she was being abused by her own brother and at 11 years old she fell pregnant with his child. For years she kept his dark secret in an attempt to hold her family together until the truth threatened to destroy her completely.In the years since the birth, Tressa has gone through more pain and turmoil than most adults experience in a lifetime – yet today she survives a brave, strong and compassionate young woman. Now, for the first time, Tressa Middleton tells her own harrowing yet poignant story – a story of hope, forgiveness and above all, love.
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    It is a really hard, sad and still very honest and touching story, which captures the reader's attention till the end. The story shows how important are family relationships for a child, how truly can the little one love and want to save the family, to live together with his/her parents and siblings. Though the girl who wrote this wasn't right at all - it seems that she saw everything in a false way, trying to hide her brother's abuse FOR EVERYBODY'S SAKE, and when the secret was revealed, she blamed herself. Actually she kept blaming herself all the time and that made me furious sometimes and really helpless. But the story is told quite sincerely and beautifully. I liked it despite all the pity and sorrow I experienced while reading. I believe Tressa's life be good after all.

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  • paocastroaten90fez uma citaçãohá 7 anos
    from Dad as possible. ‘I’d really like to go to my mum’s. Please!’
    So he got his keys and we took the short drive to where my mum was living. She had recently moved into a flat in Livingston where her boyfriend Billy had been living for many years. I rang the bell and banged on the door but despite seeing all the lights were on, nobody came to answer. We waited around for a while, hugging ourselves against the cold, but nothing happened.
    ‘I know,’ I told him. ‘I could go to my aunty Joanne’s and get the key from her.’
    So that’s what I did. It turned out that Aunty Joanne was out for the night but Alex and his girlfriend Vanessa were there and they had Mum’s front door key.
    Phil and I went back to Billy’s and I let myself in the front door. I walked through the dirty living room to the bedroom, where I saw Mum and her new
  • paocastroaten90fez uma citaçãohá 7 anos
    ‘I mean, you’ve been through a lot and look at you! You’ve coped so well. You’ve got a lot more strength than you give yourself credit for.’
    I thought about this. In some ways, I could see she was right. I was stronger than I thought. I always thought that I needed my family, that I couldn’t cope without them. Well, that wasn’t true. I could stand on my own two feet and here, in Roselands, I was given the confidence and freedom to build up that strength.
    Before I started at Dumfries High School in January 2009, Maggie and I went out a lot. Sometimes another member of staff would come if Maggie was off that day. We went to the cinema, swimming and ice-skating, and took long trips in to the countryside. But best of all, I started horse riding at the local stables. I’d always adored animals but I’d never visited stables before. I loved being around the horses – they were
  • Camilla Rømer Dinesenfez uma citaçãohá 7 anos
    I knew that he deserved it but I didn’t want him to go to jail. He was still my brother after all. I found it so hard to explain how I felt to all the social workers and counsellors. They all expected me to be pleased, to hate Jason. But I couldn’t.

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