<p>like I said- if I didn't feel she was in danger I wouldn't say anything- and I didn't find out that it was a "relationship" until it was over-</p>
<p>However- when young people become involved with somone who is violent and abusive- and no one says anything, even though they have knowledge of the behavior, the young person can feel like no one cares-
The person is likely not to have a real good sense of themselves anyway- to stay in a relationship with somone who is abusive, and if the people who are supposed to care about that persons well being, don't even sound a warning-that is being neglectful IMO
Big difference between shutting your trap when someone is just annoying- and letting your daughter go off with someone 3x their age who has been in prison for assualt of former girlfriends- and not only not saying anything, but being taken in by his charisma and wanting to believe he was a "nice" guy</p>