do you think people know the meaning of family still ?  

i think some people know who are still with their families. and some also know who miss their family.
i think there are number of things which could be considered as family are a way which make a person on right path and put people generally far from bad things.
they just support in bad times. share good times.
i love my family and know the meaning.

ofcourse no person want to be alone or cant be alone in the world.so family is something a bound an attachment with the members of it.Might come many fights and quarrles but it is only for a time.After divorce also people get remarried to hav a life again.

Hello there syankee,i feel bad reading your story, i feel sorry for your daughter being treated as an outcast in the family given the fact that she is the one who experienced this sexual assault.I do agree that at some point there are those who doesn't know the meaning of how important family is but i know there are still who values & always put their family first (blood is always thicker than water).I am one the best example of having a family that stood for each other no matter what,we do value,love,respect each family member...IF someone will hurt my family or someone in the family,i will definitely do everything to put justice in it,of course not put my hands in the law.As i have understood,you already spoken to your wife & their stand is the same,i really can't get it why your wife & other members of the family will trust the person who hurt your daughter more than her?is there any reason behind this?but believe me Syankee, I salute you for standing for your daughter...please continue to do so, as it might be one of the reason she is still there,knowing that her dad is always supporting her,let her know all the time,that you are always there for her...God bless & have a great day!!!

That's hard my friend first of all your daughter is already an adult she's no longer a kid's then base from what I noticed from your story is the problem is in you my friend and it is not on your daughter. There is a reason why everyone in one in your family doesn't like your daughter except you because you've been protecting her ever since. There is nothing wrong with what you are doing but what you're wife and the others trying to say is right you must give your daughter at least a space for her to do things on her own so that she can learn how can deal with it you can teach her but never be part of their conversation. Tell her what she need to do and what she can do. You see for yourself my friend why is you son and his cousin still hanging out to that guy even though they knew it is the man who abused her sister do you think your son is stupid to hangout with that guy, maybe the guy is really nice that is why people wanted to hangout with him and why everyone doesn't want to hangout with your daughter?

i think familes these days are so caught up in so much stuff they don't have time for each other. tell your daughter to go find some friends of her own, i know that sounded mean saying it like that. but if they dont want to hang around her there is no need to push them to hang out with her. because when they do it will be because the HAVE to not want to. when i was 19 i was living with my sister who was 23 at the time. she had her friends i would hang out with them. but i felt so out of place. so when i started to work i found my own people to hang out with. your daughter needs to be around people that want to hang out with her. not have to. and my brother well he doesnt like his family. its his girlfriend and friends that all he cares about. it hurts no doubt. but i live with the fact that he wont like his family unless we hand him everything he wants.

Our family is the proverbial egg that we were hatched from. Everything about who we are, both our nature and nurture comes from our family. Often in western society, we stray far from our family and may not talk to them for years at a time. We may feel that we have nothing in common with them. We may choose to run away from our roots because they are too painful to face. Ultimately however, our past holds the key to our future. If we do not face where we come from, we will have difficulty understanding our present and future.