Ashley - posted on 01/19/2010 ( 36 moms have responded )
I bring this up because of another post. A woman wanted advice about taking a job where she would be working with her ex step-dad who raped her some years ago. It doesn't seem that it was reported.
Personally, if my child told me that someone abused them, I would do everything I could to keep that scum from walking the streets or hurting my child or someone else. I am like a mama bear, don't f*ck with my baby boy and you're golden. ;)
Some excuses I see are that parents don't want their child to go through the stress of the court system or they just want to forget that whatever it was never happened. Or even they feel justice wouldn't be enough so why try...
I think that ignoring the situation would only cause issues with mental health later on with your child.
What do you think? To me it's a no-brainer, but I hear of so many molestation or abuse cases that go unreported that it both worries and irritates me.