However, both parents had the responsibility to notice changes in their daughters’ personality and mood after they were molested.
Trying to keep things open enough with a son or daughter that he or she isn’t embarrassed to tell you if something abnormal happened is the wisest tack.
I know when a certain problem happened when I was young, I didn’t dare tell my parents. I wrote to an advice columnist. I don’t know what happened to the letter but I never heard back.