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Originally Posted by Jolie77
Exactly, Children are absorbing everything in their head like a sponge. I believe there is more to the story than what it is telling because there is no way that this child had to know it off the bat without being taught. Now I have to wonder what was their home environment like? It is possible that there's domestic violence ongoing, or the kid has seen it elsewhere; perhaps under the babysitter's care prior to that incident? We don't know.
It also does break my heart too, to see these children living in that kind of atmosphere where violence occurs. Counseling can help them but just exactly how much will the counseling help? The scar is still there, so to speak.
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The younger they are when they start into counseling, the better chances that it will counteract the effects of the violence they have witnessed. Also, if the family is in counseling to deal with their own issues and correct the negative things the child is being exposed to, it helps. I know in the kids I work with, it seems to be two steps forward, one step back some days.