Working in mental health, you hear stories all the time of how kids were abused, neglected, or abandoned. If I had to pick one story to tell that touched my heart the most, it is the following story.
I work with older 2's and 3's in mental health, which makes it even more despairing when I hear these stories. There was a 3 year old boy who started coming to my class, he's scared/afraid and hesitates to accept me. It took him a while to warm up to his classmates and myself and to feel comfortable. One day he lifts up his shirt and there is a big scar on is stomach of a grill mark. He touched it and said "ouch" as if it just happened. Everyday he would do the same thing and he looked so sad. He was in the foster system, but now he's with his biological grandmother.
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