•Family comes first. •Blood is thicker than water. •I’m your mother/Father (which means I’m your superior to always be referenced even when I’m wrong or abusive.). •You don’t abandon family If I were an abuser, wouldn’t it benefit me to get you to believe that I come before everyone or everything else?? Even your safety and well being. These sayings which are messages have an ability to condition you to believe family is the only source of abuse that should always be tolerated and exc...