Hi all-

Just wanted to post and say, whew, what a night! Another set of health homework with my daughter, this time on aquaintance rape- she was very reactive, and I told her we needed to complete the assignment. Midway through she stated "this is hard because I have been raped by C and L" I have suspected she has experienced CSA since she came into our home at age 6, one man was in prison for CSA with other kids in her bio home.
She has is in therapy as have I for CSA issues.

So less drama than our last attempt at doing the homework, probably because I was able to be more nurturing and supportive to her, and less directive. Whew. Hard stuff.

So with a combination of hugs and encouragement, and two time outs, we got through. I let her know that 1 in 3 girls have experienced what she has, and it's even more important to talk and learn about this stuff becuase of her experience. All in all, it was a 2 hour ordeal to answer 2 questions.

We are supposed to study for her big test tomorrow, I don't know if I am up to it, or what is best for her in this situation. I'm aware that my own issues cloud things too. Feeling relieved we got though this, sad shaky scared proud, whew.