I Was a Victim of CHILD NEGLECT - Herbert W Armstrong - March 1984

Herbert W Armstrong

Here is the vivid personal account of an adolescent who found a way out of the trauma of child neglect. It is also the story of those who helped Ernie "Doc" Knapp become a successful adult and parent. I was born in Tampa, Florida, in 1948. That much I know-because it's on my birth certificate. I have no memory or certain knowledge of what transpired over the next few years. I was told once by a social worker that my mother left me in a train station in New York City when I was 18 months old and that I was placed in an orphanage somewhere in the state of Connecticut. My earliest memories are from when I lived at the Turners' foster home in nearby Walnut Beach. The memories are vague. My brother Paul, who was three years older than I, lived with me. I do remember running on the sidewalk in the rain pretending I was a jeep, my right arm moving as a windshield wiper. I remember, too, sneaking around in the kitchen. I tasted flour and was greatly disappointed. The same was true of coffee grounds. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library