Some Reasons kids gave for why they thought they shouldn’t tell:
“I was too ashamed to tell anyone. I thought no one would believe me.”
“I thought it happened to me because I had done something bad.”
“My dad told me that he had to be my first in order for me to be a grown person. He always told me he did the things he did because he loved 
me. Then he said that I was not to tell anyone. He told me that he'd give me anything I wanted if I didn’t tell anyone.”
“I thought they’d be mad that I hadn’t told them when it happened.”
“Jay used threats to keep me in line so I wouldn't tell on him. He would slap me when I started to cry, and tell me he'd do it again much harder if I didn't shut up. Often times he would pull out knives and threaten to hurt me, so I kept quiet and did as I was told.”