re: What is the OT board's obsession with female teachers that screw children?

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There is no difference when this happens to a boy. It is still psychologically damaging to the child.

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This is very true, my sister went thru this when she was in 8th and 9th grade and because of that we learned far more about the never ending recovery process than we ever cared to know. Took a year before she finally told my parents. Boy or girl, kids are not mentally mature enough to know how to comprehend and emotionally cope with what happened happened to them. My sister is in her 40's today, and she still has never really recovered, that heinous act when she was a child, forever ruined her life.

My wife and I are foster parents, thankfully the children with us haven't had any trauma like that but far too many in the system have and they will likely never fully recover. Granted that's different because it was likely family members and not a teacher but regardless it damages them forever