Pedophile: Double Life Sexual Abuse In Children

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A pedophile is a person who sexually abuse children and pedophilia cases need to be taken into account for most of the parents because it can happen to anyone, especially children. Unfortunately, this matter remains silent as parents take it for granted. Children who face this problem usually afraid to tell their parents about what had happened to them because they either have been threatened by the suspect or their parents might not believe the story told by their children. This is because most of the pedophiles are someone they know and trust rather than strangers. For examples, close friends, neighbors, relatives, family’s acquaintances or even the children’s babysitter. Other than that, parents might be fooled by the pedophile double life…show more content…
This is a normal response showing that they are recovering from trauma. Chances need to be given to a child to release their anger in a way that is safe and practical without hurting themselves or others. The victim also may show an aggressive or abusive behavior towards other children to hide their own feelings of low self-esteem. In other words, children that had been abused or neglected from the past have a high possibility to become a criminal as an adult. Same goes to the child that sexually abused from the past they are also at risk of being trapped in the cycle of…show more content…
This is due to their previous experience with adults who abused or molested them. A child who has been sexually assaulted will feel insecure in the society and feel that everyone is going to hurt them. They will have a little self-possession, feel lonely and irritated. Moreover, the child can sense helpless, fear losing control and lack of respect and trust in authority. It is impossible for them to trust anyone that easily because of the past experiences that they had. The destruction of trust between the children and their abuser is because of the incest that happened in the family. The family is the most important source and support to the child for their confidence and security. But because of the incest, the bond and trusts between parents and children are broken and the child cannot trust their own family. When the most important source; family betrayed them and cannot be trusted anymore, the child often feels that it is not possible to trust anyone in this world. They will end up being cautious with everyone they know in order to protect themselves from being abused again. The abused victim not always comfortable with people being close to them because of the bad experience they had been through had taught them that the loved ones cannot be trusted. Some of the victims may have the doubt and insecurity which makes them being a suspicious person over everything that they witnessed. Having a trust

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