“Voices from Childhood” wants to share letters that are not meant to be sent to parents, but have been written to share the truth about our childhood with others, and for their emotional, therapeutic effect. "voices from childhood" or "a letter to my parents" will bring together a collection of letters written to articulate the suffering and ordeal of our childhoods and to give voice to our truth. They give us the chance to voice what we always wanted to voice, but never were allowed to, and never could. They provide the opportunity to help the child we have been to finally speak up, show her/his perspective, complain, protest, and tell his/her truth.

By writing these letters, we become empowered to understand the pain and suffering of our childhoods better, and we can create a deeper, more loving connection with the child within, whose advocate we become. Through writing, we can be more and more on the side of the child, hear and understand her/his plight, encourage him/her to recognize its reality and truth and to voice the feelings that come along with that.

Please let me know if you agree that your letter to your parents may be published on the website "voices from childhood." If you feel like participating, send your letter to parentsletters@yahoo.com. We look forward to and thank you for your input and cooperation.

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It has been helpful and easier in my own therapy work to support the child to come out and to share her feelings and suffering, her protest and painful experiences, when I write lying down. The more I write in this position, the more feelings come up. It seems that my unconscious is more willing to talk to me when I lie down. When I sit up, my adult brain exerts its power over me. It seeks solutions through the intellect and wants to handle things and be in control. But this is my personal experience. Maybe you have made different experiences and have found your own way to communicate with the inner child. We are interested if you want to share them.

When you are in contact with a feeling, you then can then write down what this feeling wants to express towards one parent or towards both parents. Now, the child can say what s/he suffered in his/her childhood, and talk about scenes that it remembers from her/his childhood. If all is told that this feeling needs to tell, maybe you could wait for another feeling to arise and write more.

Barbara Rogers

http://www.screamsfromchildhood.com

Pease send your letter to parentsletters@yahoo.com