How #MeToo is leaving child victims behind

#MeToo has opened the floodgates of sexual abuse for adults. Now, it must help children.

A child alone on a bench.
(Image credit: Maurice Savage / Alamy Stock Photo)

For years as a child, I was abused by an adult. I kept this secret for decades.

I'm sure I knew other victims. But I heard none of their stories. Like me, they chose silence.

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Dani Bostick

Dani Bostick is an educator, former mental health counselor, and advocate in Winchester, Virginia. Her work on education, mental health, and sexual violence has appeared in the Washington Post, Huffington Post, Marie Claire, and many other publications. She has also written humorous pieces for McSweeney's and The Belladonna Comedy.