Friday, November 11, 2011

Would you feel worried and disturbed if you read a story a 14-year-old wrote about & physical abuse?

Earlier tonight I read a question a 14-year-old girl had asked in Books & Authors about a disturbing story she wrote about severe physical abuse and domestic violence, and then read another question she'd asked in Adolescent and here about how to cover up welts left from a "" (beating) she'd gotten from her parents for misbehaving at school so kids in her gym cl wouldn't see them. I then realized that the same user had asked a question I read a couple of days ago about a story she wrote about a father raping his four-year-old daughter and then beating her, and it was really graphic and sickening. One answerer wrote that there was no way she was 14-year-old as she claimed to be because the grammar was so perfect, and even a very intelligent and precocious teen wouldn't be capable of writing a story so well crafted. The thing is, I am a seventeen-year-old who is very articulate and knowledgeable, and people on here have commented before that they're surprised about my age, and may have even doubted my genuineness. Anyway, my point is that I think a 14-year-old really could have the ability to write that well, but how would you know such details about and abuse if you had zero experience with it? I mean, yes, I started reading books in middle school that covered really mature subjects, including and , but I still couldn't have written a story with so much graphic detail about bleeding after and how welts raise on your legs after being beaten with a belt when I was 14. I am worried that maybe this girl is really being horribly abused and mistreated. I usually have a strong troll meter, but I don't know this time. Would you report something like this to Y!A? Supposedly they cooperate with authorities and can turn things over to local police officers for them to investigate by looking up the user's IP address. I mean, even if the stories are just totally fictional, she's still asking about a "" so severe welts will cover her bum to her knees the next day. She also asked questions about teachers being obligated to report abuse. I'm not like a stalker trying to invade her privacy by reading her Q&A, but it had been public earlier tonight and I looked over the questions out of concern. Or do you think she's just a weird adult making all this up, and I'm just being naive and paranoid to even worry about a stranger? I mean, I would just mind my business but she's posted this on the internet for the world at large to see, so I don't know if I'm like morally compelled to do something and at least report it. Maybe I'm just being ridiculous and overreacting. I don't know.

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