Some parents, when they find out their child has been sexually abused, go ballistic. They are so outraged / upset / beside themselves with guilt that they were unable to protect their child from harm that they quite literally want to kill the perpetrator. Some parents will leave everything they know and love behind to move to safer place to protect their child from further abuse. Some parents will get professional help to support their child and family through the aftermath of disclosed or discovered abuse. They will do everything they possibly can to assure the child he or she is safe, precious, loved, protected, and OK. Some parents will ensure their child's perpetrator is brought to justice, or they will raise public awareness or take some other course of action to prevent the perpetrator offending against their own or another child again.
Some parents will turn a blind eye to abuse, and allow the abuse of their child to continue. Some parents will actively hide the ongoing abuse from others.
Some parents will use their knowledge of their child's abuse and vulnerability to their own advantage / to fulfil their own sexual desires and urges.
Suzzie... the question is not "what kind of child were you?" but this:
What kind of parents did you have?
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