Dave Pelzer — American Writer born on December 29, 1960,

David James "Dave" Pelzer is an American author, of several autobiographical and self-help books. He is best known for his 1995 memoir of childhood abuse, A Child Called "It"... (wikipedia)

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.
What distresses me at times is that I meet a lot of people in their 40's, 50's, 60's, who still say they're a victim of child abuse.
Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.
You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.
If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.