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Scenario

How to Forgive the Parent Who Failed to Protect

My mother always chose my abusive stepfather over protecting me and now that he is dead she wants us to be close but I cannot forget that she watched him hurt me.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The wound of not being protected cuts deeper than direct harm because it violates the fundamental parental covenant.

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