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When protecting your children means hiding family truth

My teenage son keeps asking why we moved away from his grandparents and I cannot tell him it is because my father hit me throughout my childhood and I will not let that happen to him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The need to shield loved ones from painful realities creates isolation within protection.

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