And the tantrum returned. Over peeling an orange. Although I have to give her credit she held it together until 8:00pm.
She convinced herself she didn't take her medicine today because she had a hard time at her visit. Come to find out the visit supervisor told the kids not to tell us they had a bad time at their visit.
Imagine trying to console an tantruming child sobbing she wants to go home who then says to you her visit was bad. The adult in charge of keeping her safe tells her to keep secret what happened at the visit and the kid then tells you she was terrified her Mom was going to hit her while she was getting put in time out.
I mean really? ANOTHER provider in this mess who is supervising visits and reporting back is telling the kids to keep the truth from us? The family therapist and the visit supervisor? Come on people. Really? Traumatized children who have been harmed and told to keep quiet who feel tons of guilt for being in foster care because they told the TRUTH.
They spend week after week working in therapy to learn this isn't their fault and then these adults in a position of power make these statements and we go backwards. And they damage the trust everyone has worked hard to build because we have told the kids-these adults are there to help you. There to keep you safe. Except that they seem to be going against these goals.
And these are the things that have ME terrified that they will get swept under the rug and these kids will get sent home too early.
Long Overdue Update
Well hello there! It has been years since I've written and published a post and recently I've had the idea that maybe this year was ...
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