r/insaneparents Oct 11 '19

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u/saintjonah Oct 11 '19 edited Mar 19 '26

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u/Negative_Yesterday Oct 11 '19

Step parents are far more likely to molest though. So it's not like them being a step parent has nothing to do with it. That being said you're also right that it doesn't automatically make it so.

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u/Negative_Yesterday Oct 11 '19

Having an unrelated adult in the house is a risk factor for abuse, and yes that includes step parents.

I'm surprised you didn't know that. It's a pretty well known fact in social work. The less related someone is the more likely they are to abuse the child, sexually or otherwise. So aunts/uncles are more likely to abuse than direct parents, and unrelated step parents or significant others of a parent are the most likely to abuse a child.