"I understood that not talking about the pain I was feeling would protect them. So we all learned to pretend." View Entire ...

“I was the youngest in the family and everyone made a fuss of me. “After my biological father came forward, I was moved back to live with my biological mother, aged 10, who really didn’t ...

I've always worked hard to support my family. We aren't weathly but live comfortably. My two adult siblings rely on Dad for ...

For the first 15 years of my life, we appeared to be the perfect family unit – a mum, a dad and two little girls. My mother spent most of their 20-year marriage trying to coax my father from the ...