Here’s what you do. You love that little girl like crazy. But you don’t just love her. You tell her and show her how much you love her, both. You make sure she feels it. And you teach her to love herself and to treat herself well. People who treat themselves well expect others to treat them well, too. Self-abuse is just an open field for an abuser to walk right into. Help her value herself. Nothing is inevitable. People break those patterns all the time.”
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