Why do some people sexually abuse their kids?

Answer 1

There is no easy answer to this, other than to say that no one does anything without a reason.

That reason may be illogical, irrational, selfish, egocentric, well intentioned but badly considered, or based on any number of perceptions and beliefs.

What is important is that if you are being abused, talk to someone. The counselors at your school are specifically trained to deal with these situations. Many teachers are as well. Find an adult you trust, and tell them. Ask for help.

Just be prepared. The law, when they get involved, tend to take a severe approach to these situations. Ostensibly it is for the protection of the children involved. Unfortunately, they can cause as much or more harm as the actual abuse. It is important to try to maintain a cohesive family, but to help each other treat each other with respect and love.

This next will not be so important now as it will later. If you remember anything from this answer, remember this:

Your parents, what ever their faults, love you. It is an undeniable fact of nature that parents love their children. If they hurt you, they don't mean it. Their reason for doing it may be difficult or impossible to understand, and likely as not, they do it out of some warped perception of love. It is important that you find forgiveness once you are safe. Forgiveness is for you, not for the person who hurts you. It is your way of letting what happened go and not letting it haunt you for the rest of your life.

You are never responsible for what is done to you; you are however forever responsible for what you do with it.

Answer 2

There are many reasons that people sexually abuse their children. Some of them have to do with unmanaged mental illness or conditions, some of them have to do with an inability to cope with stress and the availability of the child as an outlet, and some abuse may be related to the dynamics of that particular family. Rarely, the parent is a preferential offender, or someone with an attraction to children who has abused a child. Entire books have been written on the motivations of sexual abusers, as they are wide and varied, and incestous abusers are no different.

Answer 3

Because some parents think it's a form of punishment when it is just cruel and only traumatises children.

Answer 4

they could just be adopting for the money. foster parents get paid a monthly sum for taking in children.