Fifteen Year Old Girl Summary

For this particular article, it discusses a three year old girl who was sexually abused by a twelve and fifteen year old girls. Katie started to fully give a description of what happened to her and her mother, Carol, was shocked by this. It's not everyday that you would think a three year old would get abused sexually. Carol states, “I was horrified. You can't imagine how guilty you feel when you know that you allowed people that do so much harm to be near your child, let alone to have inflicted life-long scars” (Carol). She cannot believe that someone who she let in her home did this to her daughter. Katie may not understand what has happened to her now, but once she hit the right stage in development, she will. Being sexually abused is something that cannot go away that easily. Dr. Leonard says, “It's also important to practice 'saying no' with young children so they feel confident if and when they're ever approached with inappropriate touch” (Leonard). Children need to learn “saying no” at an earlier age because they don't know what they are going to come across when they meet someone of the opposite sex. This is something you should say when you are not comfortable doing something you are not use to. Someone should not put they hands on you in a sexual way without a form of your consent. When a child becomes older and gets into a relationship, they are not going to be …show more content…
When this happens to them, they will be traumatized for the rest of their life. Leonard also says, “A teenager who may be thinking about their first sexual encounter that has experienced sexual abuse when they were younger will likely need need to reprocess the abuse at that developmental stage of their life”(Leonard). They won't even be willing to live their life knowing that they have been sexually assaulted. Sexual abuse can happen anywhere, but what can we do to stop