abused children

Philippines
December 16, 2006 6:09am CST
So many children have been abused by people they know or even related to them. And what could be worse than the parents taking the side of the abuser. Like this girl I know of. She was abused by her cousin. When their parents knew about what was happening, her father just showed a little anger to show is disgust for what had happened. And afer that... nothing. He just let it go... as if nothing happened. And since that "cousin" had no father, her father seem to take the role of the father and just seem to stop being her father. I just dont understand him. Can you?
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25 responses
• India
16 Dec 06
Child abuse is a serious matter. He should deal with the matter with maturity and not be biased. The poor abused child will other wise develop a fear pshycosis.
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@tsprabhu (705)
• India
16 Dec 06
Its not always that father's decisions could be right! It depends... May be he sees the issue in a different angle, according to which his action would have been right. This is because of different ways of thinking.
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@lopam82 (551)
• United States
16 Dec 06
I like your effort. you are new and try to earn better.best of luck
• Philippines
18 Dec 06
Yours is a very helpful comment. Wish we could have more people like you around here...
@vipul20044 (5793)
• India
16 Dec 06
This isnt good Well yes it is good on her dad's part to support the cousin but at the same time why is he forgetting who really is his daughter! This is totally insane its ok to show concern to others but not at the cost of our own people
• Philippines
18 Dec 06
well, as they say, you can't choose your parents...
@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
18 Dec 06
That poor girl, her parents should be shot. How could the father take the side of the cousin?
@bryelee (451)
• United States
17 Dec 06
Families can be a pain in the BUTT. My oldest was molested at age 3 by her cousin and I called the police and reported it. I spent a good year of my parents, younger sis, and brother hating me for reporting it. I think a lot of families feel you don't call the police on family and you deal with things privatly. Its really hard to step out and do the right thing when you have a family like that. Not everyone can deal with the cold shoulder and lack of support like I did.
• Australia
17 Dec 06
Well done for having the strength and commitment to show your eldest child that they are VALUED.
• United States
17 Dec 06
You were totally right to report the situation. Not only to ensure punishment or treatment for the cousin, but also to ensure treatment and help for your child....AND don't forget that if you had NOT reported it, and it came out later, your child would most likely blame you for not helping them and you could also get in trouble for keeping it secret. I applaud you for your courage! :D
@parlink (184)
• Romania
17 Dec 06
It's crime tu abused children so I think that you must inform or signal the fact to specialized structures of your country so that they take care of the problem. It is serious and an advices are not able to do anything here.
• United States
17 Dec 06
No I dont understand that kind of behavior I would have called the cops on that boy and thats that
• India
17 Dec 06
Child abuse is the physical or psychological maltreatment of a child by an adult, often synonymous with the term child maltreatment or the term child abuse and neglect. There are many forms of abuse and neglect and many governments have developed their own legal definition of what constitutes child maltreatment for the purposes of removing a child and/or prosecuting a criminal charge. In the United States, the Federal Government puts out a full definition of child abuse and neglect and creates a summary of each State definition. To view, go to Definitions of Child Abuse and Neglect: Summary of State Laws [1] that is part of the 2005 State Statute series by the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
17 Dec 06
Many people who abuse children are not punished because the parents want to safeguard their children's future and doesn't want the world to know. Most victims of fear doesn't tell it outside to their parents. Some victims become prey throughout the life especially children. What punishment should these people who abuses children be given? Should there be some children protection act or court be there which doesn't bring the children's name out or to the court directly, but punish the people who abuse the children?
@onesiobhan (1327)
• Canada
17 Dec 06
That's pretty evil. Do you know this girl? Is there any way you can help her?
@19582786 (46)
• China
17 Dec 06
Everybody idea is possibly dissimilar! ! I cannotunderstand! ! Did not know what idea everybody does have? ?
• India
17 Dec 06
Thanks for your valuable tips and like to learn from all this.
• Italy
17 Dec 06
I dont understand the reason of the violence . These are crazy people, i can' t accept that .
@kaspyv (1011)
• United States
17 Dec 06
someone should report this abuse even if her father will not! by not reporting it he is adding to the abuse!!
• United States
17 Dec 06
I don't understand it, but I know what it was... Denial. If you act like something never happened, then it didn't. Something that did not happen will have no effect on the rest of any of the participants lives. Denial from family is the greatest danger sexually abused children suffer. It invalidates them, makes them feel as though they have no value to others and therefore no value to themselves. In his denial he may believe if he takes on a mentor role in this other child's life it will cancel the effect of the abuse. He doesn't understand that he has abdictated his role as protector for his daughter. It is a sad fact that in doing this is believes he protects her further than he could any other way. While allowing her to feel rejected by him in favor of her abuser. Denial hurts, both the one doing the denying and the one who feels rejected because of the denial.
@anouk2005 (177)
• Netherlands
17 Dec 06
HELL NO! I cant understand this father sorry to say but i think its ill she has lost her pride and her father he should be there for her !
@dominican (201)
• Philippines
17 Dec 06
Many kids nowadays are really abused, but I really cant understand why the father took the side of the abuser? I dont wanna judge anyone because i dont know what really happened. But if it was true, he may be the worst father anyone has seen.
• United States
17 Dec 06
MAYBE YOU SHOULD INVOLVE PROTECTIVE SERVICES. YOU CAN DO IT ANNONYMOUSLY. IF HER FATHER ISNT DOING ENOUGH MAYBE YOU SHOULD. WE HAVE TO BE THE VOICES FOR THE ONES WHO CANT BE HEARD
• Australia
17 Dec 06
Hi there, just wondering how valuable it may be to look at it from the father's side? Two thoughts. One, could he be thinking "perhaps if I provide a better support to this guy (the counsin) he may be less likely to commit this kind of crime again" ? Or maybe he is actually keeping an eye on him? Two, if he is like my father, I think he would be feeling so much guilt about letting his daughter get hurt (even though perhaps there was nothing he could do) that he struggles with that guilt every time he sees her? Personally I think that there is usually another side to these things, and incidents like this are always going to make people behave differently - how would you react? Cheers Dexter