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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 466236" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Abused kids (of which we had several of through foster care) tend to be afraid to turn in the adults. The adults threaten them such as, "I'll hurt your family if you tell" or "You'll never see Mom again if you tell." </p><p></p><p>We had a foster child who had repeatedly been sexually abused by his former foster mother. He claims she even sometimes held a gun to him while doing it. It was clear he was traumatized. After he finally told us, we asked why he hadn't told his social worker or the cops or a teacher and he said, "Because nobody would believe me. She would say I'm lying and hurt me more." We turned her in and she was no longer a foster mother, by her own choice, and nobody seemed that eager to buy his story. That's why kids are afraid to tell...nobody DOES anything to help them and often they are called liars. And the abuser gets to hurt them more. Frankly, the system hoovers, which is why we quit foster care. They are really not very good child advocates.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 466236, member: 1550"] Abused kids (of which we had several of through foster care) tend to be afraid to turn in the adults. The adults threaten them such as, "I'll hurt your family if you tell" or "You'll never see Mom again if you tell." We had a foster child who had repeatedly been sexually abused by his former foster mother. He claims she even sometimes held a gun to him while doing it. It was clear he was traumatized. After he finally told us, we asked why he hadn't told his social worker or the cops or a teacher and he said, "Because nobody would believe me. She would say I'm lying and hurt me more." We turned her in and she was no longer a foster mother, by her own choice, and nobody seemed that eager to buy his story. That's why kids are afraid to tell...nobody DOES anything to help them and often they are called liars. And the abuser gets to hurt them more. Frankly, the system hoovers, which is why we quit foster care. They are really not very good child advocates. [/QUOTE]
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