Foster parents or people who work with foster children, were any of you abused as a child?
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Foster parents or people who work with foster children, were any of you abused as a child?
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I will always have counseling and therapy, but flashbacks still kind of freaks me out. Does parenting or working with abused children trigger flashbacks for you? Or do you find it healing?
I find parenting my children so healing. Simple things like laughing and playing with the girls brings so much joy into my life. I find it actually heals my heart:)
Before i actually work with Foster Children, would like to know how it might affect me.
Thank you.
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Dear Gaia,
I wouldn't even have thought of that. I did not have children in order to heal myself either, it was just a surprising bonus. Seeing happy playful children and interacting with them makes me happy. Any happiness heals my heart but there is just something so genuine and magicial with laughing children.
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Yes, being abused as a child has affected me during parenting. I find myself very worried that my kids may become victims and am super overly cautious about it. I do not hire baby sitters and only allow my sister and their grandmother to care for them when I can't. Needless to say, my husband and I rarely get a night out.
Also, my empathy for the pain they feel over the abuse that took place in their family of origin, can sometimes feel overwhelming. I wish I could go back in time and stop them from being hit or beaten. But I can't. Just like no one could do this for me. My past experiences do, however, help me to understand their behaviours and feelings related to their pasts. |
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