I am sorry to hear about your situation Trippruss and Torog. I was raped repeatedly when I was 3 years old and again at 5 years of age, by different people (babysitters). People are quite surprised when I share this information, which I rarely do, because there are no obvious or typical sign that I was a victim of such a horrible, humiliating experience. My mother didn't even know about it until I was 25 years old. I guess at the time, I felt shame. I felt guilty. I felt like somehow, it was my fault that this happened. Now, I am doing everything I can to make sure my kids don't ever experience anything like that and so far, things are going well.

It's sad that so many child molesters go unpunished and if punished, it's like a slap on their wrist and they are released after short amount of time only to do it again and again. It's also difficult to "catch" most of the abusers because victims are in fear of turning them in and sharing (re-living) the experience. Yes, I believe the abusers should be put away for life!

I think the most important thing to do right now is to educate your kids about these sort of things...not to a point where they will grow up fearing the world, but to trust gut instincts and have trusted adults (parents) that they can communicate with comfortably and openly.