I'm catching up on comments and am intrigued by the comments about Oprah yesterday. I have a few questions. I will start off by saying the only person I "understood" from that show was the father who looked all kinds of disgusted. I "felt" for the mother but the two sons? Yeah...um...(lemme move on).
How WOULD you handle and would you feel this could have been prevented had you had the ongoing conversations early on?
Would you have allowed therapy for BOTH children to be an OPTION or would you know it was NECESSARY?
How does a family get past this? Is this something you feel a family could NEVER come out on the other side of?
Is it TRULY odd to believe they hoped they'd gotten past this since they'd been there "as" a family for all these years and then suddenly Mo'Nique started putting what they felt was "private family business" out there for all the world to see?
Is this another way that family dysfunction continues because in telling YOUR story you're sharing parts of THEIR story without them wanting all that out there?
My questions:
You have a child who has been introduced to sans ropas acts outside of your knowledge who continues to be curious enough about what happened to them that they "experiment" with a younger sibling. You did not have the type of ongoing conversation needed with your child in order they recognized good vs. bad touch. When the younger sibling shares this with you...would you REALLY call the police on your CHILD???????? Or would your normal reaction be to handle in-house and protect BOTH of your children?How WOULD you handle and would you feel this could have been prevented had you had the ongoing conversations early on?
Would you have allowed therapy for BOTH children to be an OPTION or would you know it was NECESSARY?
How does a family get past this? Is this something you feel a family could NEVER come out on the other side of?
Is it TRULY odd to believe they hoped they'd gotten past this since they'd been there "as" a family for all these years and then suddenly Mo'Nique started putting what they felt was "private family business" out there for all the world to see?
Is this another way that family dysfunction continues because in telling YOUR story you're sharing parts of THEIR story without them wanting all that out there?
