The Silent Problem

Often children do not tell anyone about sexual abuse because they:
are too young to put what has happened into words
were threatened or bribed by the abuser to keep the abuse a secret
feel confused by the attention and feelings accompanying the abuse
are afraid no one will believe them
blame themselves or believe the abuse is punishment for being "bad"
feel too ashamed or embarrassed to tell
worry about getting into trouble or getting a loved one into trouble
Silence enables sexual abuse to continue. Silence protects sexual offenders and hurts children who are being abused. Sexual abuse is an extremely difficult and damaging experience. Today there are many resources to help victims and their families. Children no longer need to suffer in silence.

I know how hard it is for a child to come forward and report being abused. I have had to live with it for over 10 years. I was always taught to respect and trust family and friends. I was told I was a beautiful little flower and I needed to be shown how a woman should be treated. How a beautiful flower needed to be held and caressed. But I was neither, I was just a Little Girl with a little girls mind and a little girls trust. I was threatened with my life and the harm of my family if I told. I was threatened with the same thing happening to my little sister if I told. I have suffered and cried in silence far too long. Until just recently was I able to admit of this horrific chapter in my life. I am still not able to talk about it much but felt until I can openly tell all it was still my duty and responsibility to address this life changing and never forgotten hell.

I have found several wonderful links that deal with this issue much more professionally then I could ever attempt. Please make the short time it takes to visit these links and read or support this cause. We ALL need to make it our business to protect and care for our young. It is even more of a responsibility to report and turn in any child molester. If you know and do nothing it is as if you as guilty as the offender.

Please report any child abuse here

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Abuse against ALL women must be recognized

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If beauty was a flower,
and I saw a field of those,
They would all be dandelions,
and you would be a rose.
And people would come from miles around
your loveliness to see,
And they could pick the dandelions,
but the rose belongs to me!

All the races and tribes in the world
are like the different colored flowers of one meadow.
~~All Are Beautiful~~
As children of the creator they must be respected.

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