By Wendy Denty | Community and Corporate Fundraiser
On our last Domestic Abuse recovery programme we supported 6 children aged between 8-10 years old and their Mums.
All of the children said that they found the group helpful which was great as all of them had said before the course that they were shy or anxious about attending.
Comments made by the children at the end of the course were mainly about how sad they were that the course had to end. Some of them said how good it had been to be able to talk with other children who had been through a similar experience.
One of the Mums said that she didnt realise until the group how affected her child was by the abuse. Another said that because of the group she felt far more confident talking to her child about her feelings.
Facilitators of the group commented that the children had a far better understanding that the abuse was not their fault and they were more confident talking about how they felt and that feeling angry about the abuse was ok.
They felt that the Mums had a far better understanding of how much the abuse had affected their children. They also felt that the Mums could now see that some of the behaviours of their children were as a direct result of what they had witnessed and experienced.
We are hoping to run another group in the spring if we can receive the necessary funding for the Mums to also attend.
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