Chatty, it's always so sad that not only does the abuse occur, but also a mother can not believe. 1) does she not want to deal with her own abuse and/or witness to abuse 2) does she not want to deal with the pain of having her child hurt in such a way? 3) does a parent not know that not believing her child is more pain to the child? You know, both my mother, grandmother, and stepmother knew about my father and brother, and they believed, yet each one told me at different times and when I was alone with each one, to never speak of it again. It took me until I was 43 to speak about it. Maya Angelou was mute for 6 years. Wow. the damage. Yet we try to keep on going.
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