Essay On Dave Pelzer Child Abuse

Dave Pelzer suffered from child abuse growing up in Daly City, California. He went to Thomas Jefferson Elementar School on the daily with new bumps and bruises and a different story about how he got these mysterious injuries. He often used the same excuse and the people in his school, like the school nurse, and the teachers started picking up on what was happening. One day the principal got sick of what was happening and called the police and they showed up to the school and took Dave. Throughout getting abused and being taken away from his family he stayed strong, he had more going on at home then some people could ever imagine and most people besides the school faculty that didnt know didnt treat him kindly. When Dave would talk to the nurse almost everyday she would ask him how it happened, he would have to lie and try to come up with an reasonable excuse. The nurse would tell him after he told her what happend that thats what he said happened the week before and he would hurry to find another excuse. He did this because he knew that his mother would not take it very well if he told them or didnt try to lie for her. After awhile the nurse and the other staff at his school started to pick up on what was happening. He wore the same clothes to school everyday. He would steal other students food just so he wouldnt …show more content…
She was very abusive and he went through this everyday. She would also punish him by not giving him food or feeding him dinner, so at school he would eat other peoples food and steal food just so he didnt have to starve. There is a lot of things that happen at home that other people dont know about, and will make fun of people for, or sometimes peopel are going through something at home and you have no clue about and they are bullied for thing they have no control