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- (Background- My son disclosed abuse in 2018 that had been going on for over a year at the hands of his father's girlfriend's son--I call him his stepbrother. His father had known for at least three months prior to disclosure that the boy had abused...
- Do any of your children have trouble feeling safe alone in bed? My son was abused at his father's house, primarily in bed. He moved into my bed (after sleeping in his own bed his whole life) when he was 6, when the abuse started. I obviously didn't...
- I'm pretty sure my son's half sister (3.5) is being abused by the same boy (my son's stepbrother, her half-brother) who abused him (and at least 4 others, according to my son's caseworker). The boy still lives with my son's father, and therefore...
- Hi guys. I haven't been on here in a while, because my therapist and I decided that reading these threads was doing me more harm than good. But I'm back because I have a question for all of you.My son's abuse ended over two years ago. He has not...
- I have court tomorrow. Yet again. I’ve been in juvenile hall more times than I could have ever imagined. It’s not a criminal case; it’s a custody case/neglect case against my son’s father, related to the abuse. My lawyer is optimistic. The...
- I have the final trial for the neglect/custody case against my ex on Wednesday. My dad (who lives an hour and a half away) is going to watch my son for me so I can go to court. Because he’s already going to be in town tomorrow, he’s just going...
- Short background for those of you who don’t know: Found out almost a year ago that my son was being abused by his stepbrother at his father’s house. His father knew the kid had a history of this and said/did nothing to protect our son even...
- Today’s the day that my son reads me his trauma narrative in therapy. I’m not ready. I know no details of his abuse, just that it occurred (there are a lot of reasons for this). So over the past 8 months I’ve comforted myself by trying to...
- I know that therapy is good for my son in the long run, but right now it’s causing him to relive the abuse and it shows in his behaviors, sleep, and he’s started having bathroom accidents again. They’re working on his “trauma narrative” in...
- Yesterday marked 6 months from my son's disclosure.My son doesn't talk about it except in therapy (though that's largely because of the ludicrous rule that the custody judge set saying that no one' allowed to talk to him about it except...
- As the title suggests, I have a question of whether I should do the moral thing or the self-serving thing.The boy who abused my son has also abused at least 4 other children. My son disclosed in May, one disclosed in February, one in March, not sure...
- This has not been a good emotional health week for me, but I've noticed that a lot of us here have children who were abused by other children. Do all of you have the same experience where a lot of people, law enforcement and judges included, don't...
- Out of the blue yesterday, my son said, "I hope [stepsister] is okay at Daddy's house." I asked him what he meant; he didn't say anything for a while then tentatively related it to [stepbrother who abused him] being "the boss" when the adults are...
- When my son used to stay at his dad's on weekends, he would often come home with some of his stepbrother's clothes in his suitcase. Whether because he quickly grabbed dirty clothes off the floor and didn't notice they weren't his or because they...
- How many of you are in the position of not knowing the specifics of what happened to your child? I don't have access to the forensic interview because it's still part of an open investigation (not against the boy who abused my son, but against my...