Kids Need Love

This photograph was taken and manipulated by Dan Abbey (my husband). His entry about this photograph can be seen here. This is a photograph of Chuck holding a knife. I couldn't agree more with its message.

I've always been an activist by heart. Like Dan, I believe that children should be loved more, given attention more, heard out more, and understood more. They shouldn't be controlled with fear but disciplined with love. There's a vast difference between those two.

We, as parents, sometimes don't realize the effects of neglect to our children. But it's what this photograph simply shows - it's a matter of life and death.

Neglect can destroy a child's life.