IMO, how an abused child turns out has a lot to do with his first four or five years of life. If a child has felt love and security during his first years of life and has learned right from wrong, and the abuse occurs later, that child may or may not go on to commit abuse.
But I don't know if we can expect kids who have been abused their entire lives to know any better. If someone had a puppy and didn't feed it enough and constantly hit and kicked it, I don't think any of us would be surprised when the end result is a vicious dog. IMO, it's the same with kids.
Unfortunately, even though it's not the abused child/puppy's fault that he turned out vicious, to protect society, that child/puppy must be locked up.
Oh young children know the abuse done to them is wrong. They know it is and wishes the abuser would stop but of course they don't. They have love in their heart but no love returned to them from the abusers which are more likely to be their parents.
So many children are abused starting at a very young age so I am not sure that is an indicator or who will abuse and who will not because the vast majority of those abused starting from a very young age and on going for years do not do these despicable things to children.
It has to be connected to the individual child that does go on to abuse others. Why they do and most do not I think will always remain a mystery. It has no consistencies.
imo
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