A parent learns how to respond when their daughter discloses abuse. The key: listen without defending yourself, validate what she says, and give her space to process. Patience and "I hear you" matter more than apologies right now.
Your father hit you, he abused you, he hurt you. I'm not angry. Okay. And I'm not bitter. I didn't say that. If you can show your daughter's patience in saying like, "I'm gonna be on your time, I'm not gonna fight." The sorry right now is not really what she needs. She needs patience. She needs to know that you're willing to let her process and not to negate anything that she's had. Could you make a commitment that if your daughter says, "I felt like I was abused," instead of saying, "You weren't abused," you say, "Okay, I hear you." Yes. If you stop defending what your daughter says and just listen so that she can build that trust with you, y'all will have a relationship. What you thinking about? I agree. Okay.
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