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When I was 7 months pregnant, my innocent six-year-old daughter exposed my sister-in-law’s theft during my baby shower after catching her stealing money from the gift envelopes. Furious, my sister-in-law grabbed a heavy lamp and st/r/u/c/k my daughter on the head with full force, screaming, “How dare you accuse me?” My daughter stumbled back, hitting the wall hard and collapsed, bleeding. Unfortunately,…

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and would need ongoing therapy to process what happened.

The fact that a trusted family member committed the assault makes it particularly damaging. Dr. Worth told us after the session, “Ruby’s sense of safety has been fundamentally disrupted. She’s learned that adults she knows and should be able to trust can suddenly become violent. That’s a difficult continue reading …

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