Stereo Wrote:I hate the ridiculous hyperbole of "The damage they have done to these young children is going to affect them for the rest of their lives. ". Nobody remembers things that happened to them when they were 2. The only way they will is if somebody tells them about it later, and makes a big deal of how horrible it was. The best thing is to just forget about it and make sure it doesn't happen again. Like they said, the baby has no idea what happened to it. Don't pineappleing tell it you assholes.please pardon me if i have not understood your meaning correctly.
sexual abuse in daycare or family care settings, all victims below age 7: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/ab...?ID=114590 - abstract: "Abusers were relatively successful in preventing disclosure, with abuse continuing for more than 6 months before disclosure in one-third of the cases. Fears and sleep disturbances were the main symptoms shown by the victims."
case study of victims from 4 months to 9 years: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cg...t/89/2/307 - abstract: physical scars from sexual abuse remain after a 14 months to 3 years followup
small study of emotional distress in victims of broad age groups: http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/conte...t/36/5/503 - abstract: "preschool and adolescent samples showed relatively few signs of serious disturbance. The school-age group, however, showed a substantial incidence of psychological difficulties."
offenders with young victims compared with offenders with older victims: http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/223 - abstract: "In general, YVs [offenders with young victims] showed more emotional disturbance and pathology than OVs [offenders with old victims]. Compared with OVs, YVs had a greater history of substance abuse and more current problems with alcohol. In addition, YVs reported significantly poorer sexual functioning and were significantly more psychiatrically disturbed. YVs were also more likely to have a male victim, to have victimized a nephew/niece or grandson/granddaughter, and to have denied their offense(s). It was evident that both the YVs and OVs demonstrated clinically significant difficulty with normal sexual functioning and exhibited deviant sexual arousal." - what does this tell us about people who abuse infants and the TYPES of abuse they are going to be inflicting on those infants?
this is only a cursory glance (i have not been discriminative) and there is probably a lot more to be addressed, trust you will be able to cite such references. hope this reveals a bit more about the situation you described.
edit: would like to add that the person who said the abuse would affect them for the rest of their lives was a mother of a 3 year old. most females report earliest memories around age 2-3, varies a bit.