Today with her counselor Laura finally admitted what she has been to afraid to tell anyone – namely that we have hit our children on occasion and that some of them hit each other as well. She always feared if that was revealed that DCFS would swoop in and break up the family. Instead the counselor inquired about the severity of the problem and then told Laura that it was not to the level of being reportable and that Laura was doing what she could to curb the problem. Laura left feeling triumphant because the weight was lifted from her shoulders that she was a failed mother.
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