Just to let any of you know who might be interested, I did have a talk with that little girl's mother about her situation. Last week we were pulling up into her street and she asked if I could take the long way home to her house because she knew that her step dad would be home. I offered to let her come hang out at our house for a few hours and she was really excited. But then when I texted her mother, she got really suspicious and we ended up talking about what was going on. She seemed a bit in denial about the situation saying that her husband and daughter "don't see eye to eye..." That's bull in my opinion. Time to grow up and act like an adult dude. Anyway, we discussed counseling and things, but I doubt anything will happen. I parked in front of the house feeling pretty bad and out walks the step dad, yells something to this girl, rolls his eyes and walks back in. Why are people such jerks?
I need to barf again.
4 comments:
I hate how powerless you must feel in this situation...to say nothing for the poor little girl. I commend you for speaking up, it took a lot of courage to talk to her mom. In her quiet moments, I am sure she knows you are right and one can only pray that antsy conscience she must have will do something active soon.
Lame mom. Not you, of course, but her. That is a tricky situation. I think you are doing the right thing by getting her to talk to you in the car and just doing your best to stay in tune with the spirit. You will know what to do. Sometimes I just want to deck certain people, though.
I'm sorry Anna. I can only imagine how hard this is for you to sit back and watch this awfulness unfold. You are an amazing woman, though, and I have no doubt that if the time comes you need to take things further than you have, you will feel compelled to do so. Ogden is lucky to have you :)
I can't imagine being put in this situation. I'm sure that I'll come across it though in the future as a teacher. It's hard to feel so powerless when there's definately something bad going on.
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