When our daughter was in first grade, a playmate down the street had a teen age boy of 15, sexually assault both her and her brother. He was in kindergarten. When this happened the children's Mother called me down to tell me what happened. She was just about crazy with fear and sorrow...The boy sexually abused both of them. She went across the street and told his parents. They begged both she and her husband not to call the police and she didn't. Within a few days their house was up for sale and they moved within a month. What a mistake this was never to have had the proper care for this boy. Seeing they had not lived there that long, I wonder if this had happened before...

I do know of one of my husband's relatives that sexually abused a little boy when he was around that age of your relative. Again the family did nothing to help that troubled boy. The young boy grew up to be a wonderful man and we went to his marriage many years ago. Nobody helped the boy and God knows what happened to him.

Maybe ignoring the situation unless the child mentions it, is the easiest thing to do. I have regreted many times in my life, not making my little daughter more aware of the perils of family and what can happen to a little girl...The problem is you trust your own family..........

Hugs to you......It hurts...TC, C