“Are Your Kids Crying for Help? Discover 40 Alarming Signs of Bad Parenting”
The principal was out of the building so I sat with him. He apologized and said he was just a bad kid and that his dad often used a belt on him and he deserved it. I reported suspected abuse to the principal and worked with him on the yearbook and other creative projects that year. Never had a problem with him again and often wonder how he’s doing. He was a nice kid.
Toxic parenting can result in toxic stress, adds the CDC. This can change brain development and increase the risk for mental health disorders, as well as learning, attention, and memory difficulties.
I think being classified as an “old soul” can be an indicator.
I was told a lot growing up how mature I was and the reality was that I had to essentially grow up overnight and was raising my little sister because my mom was strung out on d***s, but people didn’t see that until a lot later.
The kid who genuinely eats school breakfasts and lunches with such fervor. He would also ask if he could take a snack or two home for his siblings. When I would meet with him, I had to reassure him many times that it’s ok if he ate his bag of chips for himself, and I would give him another to take home. I would even tell him it would be ok if he ate those too. It broke my heart seeing him like that, trust me, those school meals did not look good… child welfare was called and has been involved but there hasn’t been much change.
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