They may feel rage toward the person who has inflicted abuse on to the person’s family member, they feel that their own trust have been betrayed or deceived and manipulated, they have let this person be part of the person’s life. Sometimes the person may feel a tiny bit angry that the person didn’t tell them about the abuse sooner.

The family may blame themelves for not seeing what has happened so they could of protected the child, or that they love or care for the abuser who abused the person.

The family may fear about the impact of the abuse apon the child’s life, they may fear about their families life.

The family may feel like they are helpless as they don’t know what they should do to make things right.