Adoption Under One Roof

A reader would like to know how to deal with abused children. In most respects, abused children are like other children. They like to play, go out for ice cream, etc. They are not like an alien species. Abused children are still, at their core, children with the same needs as any other child. Nevertheless, there are definitely differences that anyone who will be dealing with abused children needs to know.

First of all, abused children have major issues with trust. Their trust has been violated in a huge way by someone they trusted, so abused children are generally wary of trusting anyone with anything. So, if you are going to deal with abused children, you must be trustworthy in the little things as well as the big things. If an abused child cannot trust you to show up on time, why would he trust you to keep him safe?