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To: LibertyRocks
Do you somehow perceive that this girl will find greater happiness with her mother in jail, and her brother in some other home?

Truly this is the worst possible outcome for her.

59 posted on 03/13/2013 2:50:37 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Honestly, the worst possible outcome would have been for the abuse to continue. I am not a fan of splitting up families, but the mother has failed her daughter by telling her to keep the secret. I praise the older sister for knowing the right thing to do.

Do I think it’s possible she will find more happiness if the abuse has been stopped? I believe she has a far greater chance to. As for her mother being in jail, that will be up to a judge to decide, and the judge knows many more facts than we do.

In regard to her 11-year-old brother? I wholeheartedly believe that it is right for him to be held responsible for his actions. If it had been kept a secret - especially at his age, especially knowing that there are adults that would cover for him - he would be way more likely to continue the assaults, and perhaps branch out to other victims as he continues to age. I hope that now he gets the help that he needs to stop his abusive behavior, and learn proper behavior instead.

It appears pretty clear to me that they all need a lot of help, frankly. I’m a fan of reunification of families that have “lost their way” so to speak for various reasons. However, not if that reunification puts a victim at more risk of abuse or retribution for doing the right thing - which was to tell.


60 posted on 03/13/2013 3:02:15 PM PDT by LibertyRocks
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