get these nets
Veteran
By not involving authorities granted out of fear that the kid gets taken out the house, or simply turning a blind eye
I'm gonna cosign this 100%. I've seen this happen with physical abuse. My aunt (RIP) was abusing my cousin when I was a kid......he's about 5 years younger than me. Everybody knew about it.I went to their house and took him to stay at our house. When he went back to her house, she was beating him again. My parents said that social worker would be calling our house and asking about the situation...I told them if I picked up the phone i would tell the truth. Parents yelled at me talking all kinds of nonsense. Just like you said......they started talking about "they're going to take him out of the house,etc,etc,"
She was beating his ass with extension cords. They would go over to the house talk to her and "pray for her" and all types of irrelevant actions. Eventually he was taken out of the house temporarily.
I give less than a fukk about "shame" and other meaningless bullshyt, my family mishandled it .
I can only imagine how they'd be even more reluctant if it was sexual abuse. fukks the airs, what people will think and all that bullshyt....you've got to protect the children.