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When a child discloses abuse and asks you not to report it

I'm a teacher and one of my students told me her stepfather touches her but she made me promise not to tell anyone and I don't know what to do.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The duty to protect collides with the promise to preserve trust.

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