Why do children sometimes keep quiet about childhood abuse?

There are so, so many reasons why children keep quiet about childhood abuse. Firstly, they actually often do try to tell someone but they don't have the necessary vocabulary to explain what is happening to them. read more

There are so, so many reasons why children keep quiet about childhood abuse. Firstly, they actually often do try to tell someone but they don't have the necessary vocabulary to explain what is happening to them. They literally do not know the words. read more

One of the things that child abuse deniers like the False Memory Syndrome Foundation focus on, besides child abuse apologist Elizabeth Loftus's irrelevant arguments about the unreliability of memory (more on that at the end of the post), is the fact that many adults who claim to have been victims of incest as children did not tell any other adults about it at the time the alleged incidents took place. read more

Children frequently remain silent to protect a non-abusive parent from upsetting information. Sometimes, a child may be confused if they experienced positive physical pleasure, arousal, or emotional intimacy from the abuse. This confusion can make it difficult for the child to speak up. read more