Since I'm a mother, I can say this is one of the worst fears we have - someone assaulting our child. I agree it has to be handled where the child doesn't feel at fault but it also shouldn't be brushed off as minor. Needs to be balance of 'too much reaction or discounting the deed where the child feels invalidated'. I watched an Oprah show -all 200 men had suffered childhood assault and most of them never told their parents. They were literally crying and expressing what this did to them - so their reaction wasn't from how their parents responded.

Since Sandusky has money and probably the best lawyers - I really worry this will go totally in his favor. I tend to think he did something illegal since all 50 can't be lying. For me being a parent - I compare myself to a mother tiger when there's a threat to my children. People just can't steal that away from a child and get away with it. I'm fairly sure a witness saw him having sex. I feel men have a very difficult time admitting they were sexually assaulted by a man, therefore they all can't be lying...IMO. Although I have a good intuition my opinion isn't fact - we'll have to see how this unfolds.