Intrafamilial child torture includes non-physical disciplinary and isolation methods used by parents to break a child's psyche and brainwash them.

“and I have learned through therapy and through doing research on the different punishment Styles my parents would have that it's actually torture and these things just because they are not like beating you black and blue or waterboarding you these things actually do psychologically damage the brain”

Children cannot rely on their mothers to protect them from sexual abuse because many mothers choose to look the other way.

“Something I'm finding pretty common is the mothers know. We we can't leave it up to the mothers.”