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Direct effects of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) on Parents and Carers

A child who can be violent, misusing substances, in trouble with the police, truanting and going missing from home;
A sense of guilt, confusion, isolation and anger as they find out piecemeal what is happening;
Judgmental attitudes from many in authority who assume the family is to blame;
Helplessness as they are not being heard and excluded from interventions;
Practical problems such as loss of job or earnings due to the time and emotion spent on their daughter;
Marriage or relationship breakdown through recrimination or differing responses;
Health problems including mental health problems arising from enormous stress, sleeplessness e.g. suicidal tendencies;
Inability to provide a ‘normal’ home for other children in the family, who can become seriously disturbed in various ways.
Violent threats from perpetrators, either directly or via the child;
Frustration that perpetrators are not prosecuted

More information on supporting parents can be found on CROP website at www.cropuk.org.uk