Reading – What the Duggar Family Teaches Us About Sexual Abuse

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

I’ve purposely not written about the Duggars, because frankly, I don’t like the fact that many people feel like either they can write for the victims, which isn’t fair, if they choose to speak up, or not, that is their choice, or others who only want to write about them to highlight how abuse happens within a religion/culture they happen not to like. (Hint, it happens everywhere, their religion didn’t cause this, as much as I might not agree with their beliefs.) It was nice to see Marcia take a big news story and instead of turning it into a vendetta or defense of the family, just use it as a learning tool for what parents can do when faced with sibling sexual abuse, which is something that we don’t talk about enough.

What the Duggar Family Teaches Us About Sexual Abuse

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