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Stop Child Abuse

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September 27 was supposed to be A "blog against abuse" day. However, my broadband decided not to cooperate. Although quite late, allow me to just tell this story about this growing social and mental menace through this post. Once there was a smart and cute little girl, about 8 years old. She had an aunt who would often ask her to come to their house where she and her husband stayed. They were newly weds and had no children yet. The uncle-in-law seemed to be a real nice man, hugging and cuddling the little girl every time he saw her. No one thought anything about it. The uncle was a much revered new member of the clan. And back then, acts of sexual harassment nor child abuse were ever discussed publicly. And then one day, the aunt asked the little girl to sleep in their house. She would sometimes do this for their "entertainment" purposes sometimes through a song and dance and or a "spelling bee" session. The following morning the little girl was awaken ...