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Hiding in Plain Sight: What Every Parent Needs to Know About Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
Even when abuse is discovered, responses are too often marked by minimization, denial, or deflection. School officials, clergy, and even parents may fail to report or act, not always from ill intent, but out of fear, reputational concern, or discomfort confronting abuse by someone within their trusted circle. Lockitch and Rayment-McHugh (2022) found that institutional actors frequently dismiss or downplay children's disclosures, especially when the accused is a respected authority figure.
This institutional inertia perpetuates cycles of abuse and trauma.
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