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In class the other day our group talked about who failed precious . We came to the conclusion that everybody did . I think that everybody who knew what was going on & didn't do anything about , hoping that some one else would  failed her . I think the person who failed her the most was her mother .

I know a woman who was sexually abused as a child by her father. Her mother refused to believe her . It wasn't until years later, when her niece said that the same thing happened to her , that this mother admitted to knowing what was going on .

As a mother your first instinct should be to protect your child . How can you call your self a mother & allow incest & sexual abuse to your child ? Precious makes a reference early in the book about how the rape started when she was in the second grade , than she started putting on weight , than all the kids started making fun or her . Her mother ALLOWED this to happen to her.

When Precious had little Mongo , that should have been a sign to her mother . Like the woman I know , even if her mom didn't want to believe what was going on before , it should have been a wake up call to her then . It's sickening to know that her mother allowed this type of abuse to happen under her roof & that she lacks motherly instincts . Precious has more motherly instinct than her .

I think that because Precious's father was having sex with her it really screwed her mother up.  She probably felt that she couldn't satisfy him & it screwed up her mind & self esteem . She even starts to sexually abuse Precious .

Both of Precious's parents failed her . Your parents are supposed to protect you . Her father was a sicko who wanted her in a sexual way & her mother completely lacked the mothering instinct to protect & love her child .