What can parents do to help our children grow up to trust us…..?

Question by supermartianrobotgirl: What can parents do to help our children grow up to trust us…..?
This is kind of a part two to my childhood sexual abuse question.

i have received wonderful answers to that one, so thank you to ALL of you who have taken the time to answer. A few answers were along the lines of,

“you should have told them when it was happening,”

Which is so true in every way, but as a child aged 2 with abuse being a constant until age 7, how can anyone expect that they will just come out and say,

“dad is raping me, help.”

Children of that age tend to act out as a cry for help, and expect our parents and caregivers to notice and do something as a way to ferret out the truth. Especially 28 years ago when families were still quite closed up and emotions were a thing to keep hidden, at least in my family.

What can parents to help their children trust us enough to come to us immediately when things like this happen?

If you would like to answer my other question I would love to hear your take on it.

Best answer:

Answer by anyahippie.chick
Being open with your kid allows them to trust them. When the parent allows the kid to say go to parties, this a trust cause the parent knows their kid will be smart of the situation.

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