Why Children Don’t Tell About Sexual Abuse (Part 1: They're Confused)

Copyright 2012 Rise And Shine Movement

Anna Salter, Ph.D. an authority on sex offenders writes:

Why would a child not tell? Because, for reasons we do not clearly understand, children freeze when confronted with something they cannot make sense of.

—Predators, Pedophiles, Rapists, & Other Sex Offenders: Who They Are, How they Operate, and How We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children by Anna C. Salter, Ph.D., (Basic Books, 2003), page 28.

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