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My daughter is not the same child anymore
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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 414738" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Hon... First of all, hugs.</p><p> </p><p>It does not matter how much you tell a child they will not be in trouble if they talk about it. They will, or they won't.</p><p> </p><p>My stepkids - Onyxx and Jett - witnessed and were victim to <em>years</em> of physical abuse. Onyxx has only started talking about it in the last couple of years, since she began refusing to visit her bio mother. Jett is still visiting bio mom, and he is "happy" <em>all the time </em>(what kid is <em>always </em>happy?!), won't even talk to the therapist about it. However - when he was 6, and husband and I were about to get married (the kids still lived with bio mom then) - he threw a FIT. Because married people beat each other up. Especially married ladies liked to beat on married men. We got him calmed down, but... Every now and again something slips out, such as he "got spanked with a wooden spoon on his head". Never anything that we can do anything about - because he will not tell anyone about it later. He is <em>terrified</em> of his mother.</p><p> </p><p>It could take years, as it did with Onyxx, <em>if</em> anything happened. I'd say that's a pretty good indication something did. But no way to truly know. Just keep her in counseling. Don't quit... No matter what. Cause even if nothing happened? The behavior says something's going on inside.</p><p> </p><p>More hugs...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 414738, member: 6705"] Hon... First of all, hugs. It does not matter how much you tell a child they will not be in trouble if they talk about it. They will, or they won't. My stepkids - Onyxx and Jett - witnessed and were victim to [I]years[/I] of physical abuse. Onyxx has only started talking about it in the last couple of years, since she began refusing to visit her bio mother. Jett is still visiting bio mom, and he is "happy" [I]all the time [/I](what kid is [I]always [/I]happy?!), won't even talk to the therapist about it. However - when he was 6, and husband and I were about to get married (the kids still lived with bio mom then) - he threw a FIT. Because married people beat each other up. Especially married ladies liked to beat on married men. We got him calmed down, but... Every now and again something slips out, such as he "got spanked with a wooden spoon on his head". Never anything that we can do anything about - because he will not tell anyone about it later. He is [I]terrified[/I] of his mother. It could take years, as it did with Onyxx, [I]if[/I] anything happened. I'd say that's a pretty good indication something did. But no way to truly know. Just keep her in counseling. Don't quit... No matter what. Cause even if nothing happened? The behavior says something's going on inside. More hugs... [/QUOTE]
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