family support

What We Wish Our Parents Understood About Our Sexual Abuse

What We Wish Our Parents Understood About Our Sexual Abuse

One of the deepest sources of pain for sexual abuse survivors is the lack of support from family members, especially from parents. Over and over again, survivors of abuse have expressed the feeling that as destructive as sexual abuse is, it’s the abandonment and betrayal of their parents that hurt the most. Conversely, when a child is believed and supportedRead more