Maurice Berger is a child psychiatrist. He is the author of Separation conflictuelle des parents. What type of childcare for the child? (Dunod, 2023).
Emmanuelle Béart's statements shine a light on incest and the 160,000 children sexually abused each year. She advises victims to speak out, but as a child psychiatrist who is constantly confronted with such situations, I find that talking is complicated, especially for the many small children, under the age of six, often even younger, who suffer incestuous acts. Their speech is frequently not believed, and for children under three, their way of expressing themselves through meaningful games, specific body attitudes, well described by Mr. Pierson in The baby is silent, but he speaks!, is not deciphered by professionals.
It is then often the mother who alerts and denounces, and as Emmanuelle Béart also said, she is then accused of parental alienation...
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