Scarred Child
My mom has a little four year old girl. While she was still a baby/new toddler my mom, who lives in Utah, would drive to California for a few weeks for work. My mom is an interior designer and still had all her Californian clients. She had to do this every few weeks because my step-dad apparently didn’t find it a necessity to support his new wife and child. But that is a whole other can of worms. So, when my mom would come back to Makela, my little sister, she would be angry with my mom. I think she developed abandonment issues. Now, at four years old, whenever Makela hears the front door shut she runs to see who left. If it is her mom, she panics and screams, especially if my mom didn’t give her a hug and a kiss before she left.
A few days ago, Makela woke up around 6a.m. and ran downstairs to make sure my mom was still there. It just breaks my heart. Sometimes when my mom leaves to go to the store or anything trivial like that, Makela will cry and say that her mom is never coming back. So sad! Does anyone have any advice on how to help her get over this?