This is a great piece, with spot-on insight. I was once abused by a family friend, and let it happen because I thought I was supposed to. It took years to overcome the shame that was associated with it, mainly because I dared not talk about it. We need to do a better job with the signals we send our children. They need to be armed, from an early age, with what they need to respect their own space and bodies, even (especially) when a parent is not around. They need to be empowered with the encouragement to say “No” when they’re uncomfortable. I wished I had been.