Dayna continues her story in this episode. Warning, we jump right into the story again and into the uncomfortable truth of what victims of child sexual abuse experience. Fair warning: the very beginning of this episode is uncomfortable and we want to make talking about these things normal. We need to become comfortable talking about these things with our children and they need to know they are safe to talk to us about these very sensitive topics.

Perpetrators of abuse know that sexual stimulation of a child feels good to the child and that this is confusing and causes feelings of guilt, shame and encourages the secret to be kept. This also can cause sexual dysfunction early in children including excessive masturbation and problems with intimacy later in life among other issues. We talk about these issues frankly. 

The shame belongs to the perpetrators and those people and organizations that protect them. Please join us in placing that shame back where it belongs. Keeping their secrets protects their reputations and harms past and future victims.