“Good lord! A strong adult would be stung by those words, but young teen would be destroyed by them.”
What? Are you serious?
I watched a documentary on special-needs adoption yesterday. What those kids went through made this girl’s life look like a fairy tale utopia. Somehow, they weren’t “destroyed”.
Depends on the fragility of the child I guess....we have a 4 to 17 y/o peds psych unit with 15 beds....we have lots of damaged kids.
Mostly by physical abuse/neglect, but words do harm and most are usually admitted after something verbal that sets them off (into a rage, a runaway episode or a suicide attempt).
Granted, I’m there for the eating disorders/issues. And yes, even a 7 year old will quit eating if they are verbally bashed enough by a caregiver.
So I stand by what I said...if you have fragile child with a history of depression and you want that child to do harm to themselves, odds are sentences like the one sent to them could do it...
Maybe not suicide, but cutting, a 3 day crying jag, an eating disorder...you name it, it has a root.
I recently adopted four “special needs” siblings from foster care, and although my children are happy and healthy and considerably well-adjusted despite living a life of hell before coming to me, they are fragile in many ways, and would be very vulnerable to this kind of emotional scam perpetrated by these unbelievable parents of Megan’s former school friend.
That comment is as American as Orange Pie.