"My son, Aaron, was sexually assaulted by his friend Eli, and I told him his friend was no longer allowed to come over. I spoke to Eli's mother. She told me she'd take care of it and agreed the two shouldn't hang out. They were both underage at the time. (Aaron was 10, and Eli was 13.) A few months later, Aaron told me that it wasn't Eli but his own uncle Joe who sexually assaulted him. I knew better."
"DEAR TURNED: Could the boys have been experimenting with getting familiar with their bodies when all this occurred? Did you see something and confront your son and he admitted it? Aaron may have blamed Uncle Joe because he wanted to continue seeing Eli. Or was his accusation true? You will not be able to heal the schism in your family until everyone is in agreement about what really happened when Aaron was 10."
A mother reports estrangement from her adult children and grandchildren after banning her son's friend Eli when her son, Aaron, was reportedly sexually assaulted at age 10 by Eli, who was 13. Months later Aaron accused his uncle Joe of the assault, which the mother doubted and confronted Joe about, then told Aaron to stop lying. Aaron now maintains the uncle accusation, remains friends with Eli, and influenced siblings to block their mother after she moved next to Joe. Advice states that healing requires agreement about the facts of the childhood incident before family reconciliation can occur.
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