The lion goes to work when it is hungry. It is a predator. No prey is safe while it is hungry. It seeks it's prey and feasts on it until it is sated. Once it is sated, the predator and prey live in peace once again. They live in the same grasses. They share the same water source. All is peaceful until the lion is once again hungry.
*This* is life in the home, for children who are sexually abused. As long as the predator's *need* is sated, often all is calm. Outsiders looking in see the calm peace between episodes of hunger growing. So many voices stay silent about what is happening to them. The silence is because of so many things. Sometimes it is fear from threats. Sometimes it is fear of not wanting to upset the peace and quiet.
We teach kids to be afraid of strangers. What about the danger in their every day environment?
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