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My Mom Threatened Me To Stop Me From Reporting My Dad

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Location: Connecticut

I called CPS on my dad because he was doing predatory acts on my little sisters. A couple of days after CPS came, my mom told me the social worker wanted me to go to therapy, but they couldn’t unless my parents gave consent. Also, she said the social worker would come back in a few weeks to check up on us. So, one day, when I called my mom out because my dad was still doing this kind of stuff to my sisters, she got mad at me and threatened to ruin my military career by agreeing to sign me up for therapy whenever the worker would come back. My mom told me to lie to the worker and say that my dad stopped touching and saying inappropriate stuff to my sisters. I tried recording this argument, but my mom quickly caught on I was recording and tried to take my phone away. Overall, whenever I complain my parents try to make an excuse for it or my dad will make me think I misinterpreted/misheard it. My parents are immigrants, so my parents will excuse these acts as Latin Americans having a different culture from American and that Latin Americans show their affection differently.

I’m sorry if reading this was confusing. I’m scared

because I’m leaving for boot camp in a couple of weeks and I really wanna call somebody and tell them my mom made me lie and protect my sisters. I’m still a minor so I’m scared if one day I complain to my mom or I call somebody, she’ll secretly send me to a therapist (This actually happened last year when I argued with my mom that my dad is doing inappropriate stuff to my sisters. And I think weeks or a month after that argument, she tricked me into thinking I was going for an appointment when she was actually taking me to my therapist). I can’t really talk to a mandated reporter cause I graduated and don’t have anybody to talk to. I don’t have that much evidence so I’m scared if reporting them will do nothing and my parents will act like they won.

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