Dear MIMsters: How Do I Protect my 8 year-old Daughter from her Father?

I am a mum of 3. My first is an 8 years old daughter who I need to protect from her father and my last child is about 4 months old.

My daughter came to this morning and said, “daddy was just disturbing me in the night.” I asked her how was he disturbed her and she said she doesn’t know how to explain but she told him, “stop, I am tired”. I have no doubt about that because he has tried also to sleep with his two nieces who once lived with us. I was the one who caught him in the act, but I didn’t know that he could try the same thing with his own daughter. I am so scared as I don’t want this to ever happen to my baby girl.

Of course he denied it when I confronted him but I know it’s true because the next morning, he told me that our girl sleeps anyhow. And because I wake up so early at about 4:30am, sometimes to do the house chores and prepare what the kids need for school, I didn’t notice it.

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How do I stop my husband from trying to sleep with our eight year old daughter? Should I quit the marriage because of this or is there another way out?