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Conversation; Abused Children 'Full of Fear and Trepidation'; It's a delicate process to get young victims to tell a social welfare agency about it.
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Los Angeles Times (pre-1997 Fulltext) - Los Angeles, Calif.
Date: Nov 30, 1996
Start Page: 7
Section: Metro; PART-B; Voices Desk
Text Word Count: 443
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We've had some very dramatic interventions on the hotline. One 10-year-pld girl who called was being sexually abused repeatedly by her father, who also was into child pornography and was taking pictures. We talked her into making a report by stressing several things. First, that the abuse wasn't her fault. It's a child's nature to take responsibility, so this was very important. We told her that her father needed help, and the best way for him to get it is to make a report. We reminded her that abuse won't stop by itself and it might get worse, that something had to be done, and she was the only one who could do it. After a couple of months of her calling us, we built trust and got her to make a report to Children's Protective Services. The court then placed her with relatives.

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