Dear Queenie,
My wife’s grandmother’s husband used to molest her when she was little. She told her mother about it but nobody believed her.
Now we have children of our own we don’t want this man anywhere near them but we are afraid if we explain why it will cause hard feelings and maybe still nobody will believe the reason why.
Queenie, what to do?—Protective father
Dear Protective father,
By all means explain your reason for keeping this man away from your children.
It is entirely possible that your wife was not the only child in the family her step-grandfather molested and now the others will be encouraged to speak up if they have not done so already.
In any event, your children’s safety should be your first concern and the others should be forewarned to protect their children also from him.
