Shame-Secret Trauma is any act which a child is forced to keep secret.

One example is domestic violence.  Another is family member alcohol or drug addiction.  More serious examples are parents in prison, foster care, child abandonment.

Beating their mother is a shame-secret trauma that has serious consequences for a child's mind.

Secrets do not allow healing.  The untreated trauma festers in their heart and soul.

Secrets produce helplessness and a feeling of hopelessness.  This not make for a strong child, able to problem solve.

Abused children are taught to keep certain family events secret.  Now that violent family members are prosecuted it is imperative that families keep this trauma secret from the rest of society.  The burden of keeping secrets are placed on the child's shoulders.  It is too heavy a burden for a child to carry.