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How kids process sexual abuse
“Leaving Neverland,” the documentary about two men who say they were sexually abused by Michael Jackson as kids, is raising questions about how children process sexual abuse. Often they don’t think of it as abuse until much later in life.
By Madeleine Brand • • 48m Listen“Leaving Neverland,” the documentary about two men who say they were sexually abused by Michael Jackson as kids, is raising questions about how children process sexual abuse. Often they don’t think of it as abuse until much later in life. We talk with trauma experts.
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