A social worker shares the dilemma of whether to take the children intocare, taking into consideration the mother's track record and the factthe father is still attempting to stay in touch.
Men who abuse their families control them powerfully and can beextremely manipulative.
We recently worked with the mother of a group of children who were beingsexually abused. She had known for years but said nothing.
She even remained silent when one of the older children, who had leftthe household, spoke out about the abuse.
Her mother and siblings denied it. So at the time, no one believed herand people thought she was suffering from mental health problems andthat it was part of having a breakdown.
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