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An Abused Child’s Open Letter to Present & Future Parents

Nothing says “bad parenting” like ignoring your child’s cries for help and change while kicking their concerns and hardships to the curb.

Lucas Hawthorne
LAFTA
8 min readSep 11, 2023

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Dear Present & Future Parents,

Most of my content online was created for the purpose of helping out younger folks within my generation — the adults of tomorrow.

This time, we’re taking a different spin.

This time, I’m writing an open letter to you.

The parents of tomorrow…and today.

As someone who suffered verbal, physical, and mental abuse as a child, I’d like to bring to light my past experiences and emotions to provide 3 important notes to current and future parents on how to take better care of your children.

Even if you’re doing a fine job parenting, and I hope you are, it is my wish that at the very least, you’ll find this article insightful.

Note #1. You are the first trusted lens through which a child views the world.

If you’re no stranger to my content, you know how much I talk about self-improvement and constantly working on yourself.

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Lucas Hawthorne
Lucas Hawthorne

Written by Lucas Hawthorne

A guide to life and self-improvement, brought to you by a magazine-published Gen Z-er. I'm not on Medium anymore, find me here: https://www.lucashawthorne.com/

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