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Family issues are a major issue nowadays. You may not notice that people go through it but they more than likely do. I have spoken to several people that have issues in their families, and I would had never notice it until they told me. Child abuse is a huge issue in certain type of family situations. There are about nine hundred thousand children abused in their families in the United States. Nine hundred thousand children abused is a terrible thing for me to even hear. Someone may even experience family issues with their mother. I honestly have experience something like this. It isn’t an easy situation to go through, it really hurts. There were times when I was ready to cry. For me though doing things like crying or talking about it makes it worse, but it’s always good to let it out. Me personally when I want to let it out I do it when I am ready. Or maybe when I am alone. I feel that I never should walk around with my head down when I am experiencing a family problem. Things will get better because families go through their problems but always manage to work it out in a way they could be happy with one another again. I have multiple cousins that have to be in group homes because of there issues with there parents. I always sit and wonder how they actually make it through that. Every time I could see my cousins they never even show me how much they hate it. That kind of gives me strength to not let people see me hurt. That basically is my example of how other peoples family issues could have some sort of affect on you. Just having people around me that I know cares for me has a very good affected on me, and it also gives me strength.