It's quite common for people to not call, sadly, because people don't want to interfere or they assume someone else will call or they convince themselves it couldn't possibly be THAT serious or whatever. There's a term for it, I can't remember, but basically: it's very very difficult to overcome the herd mentality or risk upsetting the status quo. I'm proud of you.
(I have the Texas Child Abuse hotline saved in my phone. They gave it to us during a summer camp training session and I thought it was just a good idea to keep. I hope I never need to use it.)
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Date: 2011-06-13 05:37 am (UTC)It's quite common for people to not call, sadly, because people don't want to interfere or they assume someone else will call or they convince themselves it couldn't possibly be THAT serious or whatever. There's a term for it, I can't remember, but basically: it's very very difficult to overcome the herd mentality or risk upsetting the status quo. I'm proud of you.
(I have the Texas Child Abuse hotline saved in my phone. They gave it to us during a summer camp training session and I thought it was just a good idea to keep. I hope I never need to use it.)