child abuse crosses all economic lines, poverty is the most prominent cause of child maltreatment. (Pelton, 2011) Larry was neglected in foster homes from birth to age 2, when the real trouble began. His adoptive father hated him. He was yelled at, beaten, thrown out to agencies, brought back, cursed, ignored, insulted, and belittled until he was farmed out permanently to a boys’ home in his early teens. His adoptive mother, living in terror that her husband might kill both