Problems which would appear blatant to the outside observer simply go unnoticed and, consequently, unaddressed, because these parents cannot admit any fault. Thus the dynamic is not so much willingness to neglect or abuse children, but an outright blindness to problems. This kind of denial can be even more intense than what occurs in nonreligious abusive families that are incapable of processing the truth. This is because the religious person would have to examine his or her foundations in order to admit imperfection. Values and assumptions about reality and the meaning of life would have to
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