Adults need to speak up on behalf of the children in their lives, and sometimes it does mean Making Difficult Decisions to report unsafe behavior. Unfortunately it may not without intervention, and what this really means is that this child needs help to get out of this unsafe situation, and that this father needs treatment to learn safer behaviors. She wished that the abuse by her dad would just stop. It’s not uncommon for a child – just like this boy – to not want his father to get in trouble. Now it’s vital that you speak up as well your son needs to see you take action as what he’s described is Sexually Abusive. It sounds like he knew that secrets shouldn’t be kept, as often secrets hurt someone – and he needed to talk to a trusted adult. This may have been difficult for him, especially since his friend asked him to keep this secret. Understandably, this may leave you with many feelings and questions, but I’m glad you’ve reached out to us.įirst, your son should know that he absolutely did the right thing by telling this to you. It speaks to your son’s character that he is someone his friend trusts enough to talk about something so personal and private, and that in turn, your son then spoke up to you. I’m so sorry to hear that this happened to this little boy.
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