It's never too early to talk to your kids about sexual assault. Here's how. (upworthy.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 1/29/184:10 PM

Sarah Shanley Hope's story is frighteningly common.

As a kid, she went over to her neighbor's house one day to play with her best friend. While there, her friend's older brother sexually assaulted both of them.

Hope was only 6 years old.

Being so young, she didn't know how to verbalize what happened or how to process it. She carried the pain with her for years, until she had daughters of her own.

She told her own girls from the beginning, "You're in charge of your body." But at times, the message seemed to ring hollow.

But one day Hope got a call from school. A boy in the class had been caught inappropriately touching some of the girls. Her own daughter had even had a run-in with him.

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Sarah Shanley Hope's story is frighteningly common.

She told her own girls from the beginning, "You're in charge of your body." But at times, the message seemed to ring hollow.

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