Parents of abused children Community Group
This group is for any parent of a child who has been abused so they may find comfort as well as advice and answers to their many thoughts and feelings.
This group is for any parent of a child who has been abused so they may find comfort as well as advice and answers to their many thoughts and feelings.
I am in a similar situation to yours - my own daughter was abused by my father. When we found out myself and my wife were devastated. You can read my post if you want to.
http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/parents-of-abused-children/discussions/messages/10731596
All I can say is you and your daughter have done nothing wrong. Its easy to blame the child and say she is lying - making it all up! but through own experience of this we have learned that children as young as this very, very rarely make up a story such as this. I have gotten the same reaction from my mother as you have gotten from your child's father - utter disbelief!!
My daughter told us about the abuse, that took a lot of courage on her part. I am still wishing and hoping it all never happened, because I just cant understand why my dad did what he did. Our family is on the verge of a complete breakup if they choose to take sides with my father but I know that we have done nothing wrong and am glad we went through the assessment process and have it documented in a report.
I hope that you will all be ok. Remember to stand up for your daughter, she will look back on all of this and know that you were always there for her. It will probably bring you and your own family closer together.
Take care and stay well.
derran