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| Wed, 01-12-2005 - 10:14pm |
This is for those of you who have been through DV counseling at a DV shelter or agency. I take my daughter to children's group counseling. They require me to attend group for women as well. I just get so mad and depressed listening to the women in the group. They are there to get help, but they tell stories of how their children are suicidal or pulling out their hair or hurting themselves physically or destroying things. And I am talking about preschool and school age children, not teens. But they continue to stay with these men. One woman is downright abusive to her children herself. By the things that come out of her own mouth. She talks down to her children, has no empathy for them, hits them and complains that the state took them once because she bruised one so bad that the entire thigh was bruised. Like what did you want the state to do-let the kids stay with you so you could kill one next time? Another one had her son's leg broken by her boyfriend when he was only 4 pounds-she's still with him and wondering why she can't get her son back. Another one had her twelve year old sexually molested by a family member and didn't see the need to pull her out of that situation-she did, but she had other things to take care of first. This is the crap I have to listen to in order for my child to get help. I am pretty sure the right answer is to be an adult, go through this B.S. on a regular basis and deal with it for the sake of my daughter.

God, how awful.
CL-Blueliner4