As I became uncomfortable with being naked around my dad with the onset of puberty, he respected that and took care to guard his own privacy in return. We were very casual about nudity around the house when I was a child, but as I grew older and was developing, my parents respected my boundaries and followed my lead. I used to shower with my father when I was very small - nothing odd about that. Now, if the niece had never accused him, I'd still be freaked out. This was clearly not just innocent showering, even if he never laid a hand on his daughter. Well, when you bring in the context that the father raped his niece, I understand why the court ruled the way it did. On one hand it seems absolutely crazy a 14 year old girl would want to shower with her father but if she and the mother are okay with it, well.I think at the least it was crazy for the courts to get involved and the mother arrested. The mother had appealed the original decision, saying that there was insufficient proof of harm or proof of her daughter being in "imminent danger." But the appellate court disagreed, finding that "a reasonable parent would perceive the risks inherent in the behavior here," NJ.com reported.
The mother, identified in court papers as "Maureen R." lost her appeal of a Family Court's finding that she had abused and neglected her 14-year-old daughter by allowing the girl's father to shower with her, NJ.com reported. But a doctor who performed a sexual abuse evaluation on the girl recommended she seek counseling because she was "desensitized to the need to respect her bodily privacy."Īs a result, the mother is guilty of child abuse and neglect, a New Jersey appellate court has ruled. The mother believed the showers her 14-year-old daughter was taking with her father were "innocent" and that the dad "would not do anything inappropriate," according to court documents in the New Jersey child welfare case.Įven the daughter told investigators that her father never abused her and that he "just soaped up and talked about the day," turning away when he washed himself, according to a report by our sister website, NJ.com.
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