I await the mass influx of Thoughts and Prayers.

I read this whole post and it makes me so happy to be old (mid 40s) and not know who any of these people are, or care. Well written, though.

FYI, Zamora posted his own apology video and has since gained back a ton of subscribers. I couldn’t watch more that 10 seconds of Lee’s “apology”, and I’m frankly surprised that she continues to leave it up. Zamora’s 50 minute long apology video not only displays what appears to be genuine remorse, but also spills a…

I was “younger and ignorant and it was years ago” seems to be the new “my account was hacked”. 

Thank you.

This note is indeed from the letter-writer, in case anyone needed confirmation.

I know that foundation helped me to cope and to eventually forgive for my own well-being

Absolutely. I was very young when I finally told my mother about the serious sexual assault I experienced by someone close to the family. She was decisive and relentless—through reporting to the police, all the interviews and the court hearings and therapy, through my crippling fear and other people’s judgement. I…

I made one outcry, in a therapists office, with my mother present, when I was 8 or 9. It wasn’t even about the worst of it. My mother lost her fucking mind and was weeping and wailing and made it so much about herself that my issue pretty much got ignored and never spoken of again. She deliberately derailed that…

And sadly, even when parents DO call CPS, the call gets screened out and nothing is ever done. I’m a social worker and have made countless reports of sexual abuse with credible information, and CPS decides it’s not worth following up on. My colleagues and I even made several reports about a girl we suspected was being…

One of the remarkable things I noticed is that people who come from homes with horrific abuse, who have every excuse to be equally horrible people, or at least shell-shocked their entire lives, often grow up to be really amazing wonderful capable people. It really gives me hope for humanity.

my girlfriend is a crisis counselor at an elementary school. some parents, either willfully or otherwise, are unwilling to accept that their children may have issues, that their children are capable of abusing other children, that their loved ones are abusing their children, and so on and so forth. it is astonishing. 

A friend of ours came from an abusive household. She is also, like me, an experienced attorney. Her son is the same age as our son (both in elementary school) and they are friends. They attend the same camps. The night she told us that a neighbor, an older boy, showed her son how to masturbate, I was appalled. Then…

You would be amazed at the number of mothers blowing off their daughters with regards to the mother’s boyfriend.

There’s also a weird domestic violence dynamic sometimes. The woman, who is often physically and mentally abused by the man, will outright defend his actions, despite having concrete evidence of the contrary.  These are the cases that force me to contain my rage.  It is exceedingly frustrating and tragic. 

They don’t take action? They ignore it?

Some ignore it. They’ve think, “So and so would never do something like that” or chalk it up to an overactive imagination.  Some of these parents were victimized themselves.  It’s brutal. 

Mental health professional here. Thank you for your courage in sharing your story and being brave enough to make an impossibly difficult decision. May your family find healing from this difficult situation. 

I’ve worked in law enforcement for 20 years. Sadly, many parents aren’t like you.  For what it is worth, great job. You took action immediately. This isn’t your fault, or hers.  I’m so sorry.