Some adults may tell you to forget about it. If this happens to you, find someone else to tell. Keep telling until someone listens. The abuser will get help. A person who sexually abuses children needs help.
Most abusers can get counseling.
If the abuser is someone in your family, you may see less of him or her for awhile. Because sexual abuse is against the law, some abusers might go to jail. There are many different ways children can be sexually abused. Denise was eleven and her breasts were beginning to grow. Later on, he would go into her bedroom and reach under the sheets and touch her breasts.