Read Ashley's Story:

Mommy loves me. If I didn't make her mad, she probably wouldn't treat me that way. I forget to pick up my shoes or I talk during her favorite TV shows or I spill my orange juice at breakfast. And now Mommy's really mad at me. It's my fault the lady from the county keeps coming here. I didn't mean to make trouble. I just was asking my teacher a question.

Why did Miss Stegner have to tell the police that I asked if it's wrong for a mommy to hit her daughter for not eating her vegetables. I didn't even say mommy hit me. And she only does it when I make her mad. No one understands. They think mommy doesn't love me. But she does. I don't want to go live with some other family. They won't love me like mommy does.

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