By Dr. Laila Risgallah Wahba | Project Leader
The second group of divorce care had a unique flavor.
It was all kids whose mothers committed adultary. All the kids knew about the affair. Some mothers even took the kids with her as a decoy. The kids actually saw their mother and her lover making out in a car or an appartment.
The anger that those kids had was unbelievable. Most of them did not respond for the first six weeks. They did not want to open the subject or speak about what they feel.
After six weeks, one of the boys spoke up about how angry he is with his mother. He told about how happy he feels when he saw his mother crying or angry. That was a day of breakthrough. At least he got to speaking and telling of his real feelings.
During divorce care, we train kids on how to acknowledge their anger, how to deal with their anger in a healthy way without hurting themselves or others. exercises are reviewed every week. It is ok to feel sad and angry, but the pivotal thing is how to deal with those feelings in a healthy way that will heal and build them at the same time.
WE STILL HAVE SEVEN MORE WEEKS TO GO FOR THIS GROUP, BUT AT LEAST THE KIDS GOT TO T5RUST THEIR TRAINERS AND CAN TALK TO THEM.
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