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For example, a teacher helps kids learn.  \nQUESTIONS I CAN ASK TO ELICIT THE ABOVE:  \no Thinking of the other kids in your class, what would you say their jobs are? What are most   yr UNHELPFULs expected to do?  \no What would you say to a friend your age who thinks she should take care of her siblings?  \no Do most kids your age take care of younger children?  \no What do brothers and sisters enjoy doing together?  \no What things can you do with your siblings that show you care about them?  \n• What responsibilities do parents have?  \n• Why do DHS and foster care exist?  \n• Is it legal for children to live on their own? Why not? Why isn’t that a good idea?  \n• Kids need to grow and learn lots of different things…Who are the people that help kids grow? Would it be okay for a kid to be a teacher for a class? A soccer coach?  \n• Who do you have that cares about you? How do we know when someone cares about us? Who has done   (use child’s example of showing care) recently?  \nUNHELPFUL THOUGHT: I can’t share my narrative with mom and dad because they’ll think I am bad and dirty.  \nPOSSIBLE ENDPOINT: Talking with mom and dad about this will help me feel better.  \nWHAT I WANT TO SAY TO CHILD:  \n• It can be scary telling mom and dad, but talking about it shows you are brave. You’ve already been brave telling me (therapist) about it.  \n• Mom and Dad will be very proud of you.  \n• It’s normal for kids to worry about telling adults about abuse, but your parents don’t think anything bad about you for it happening.  \no Mom and Dad do not think that you are bad or that the abuse was your fault.  \no Mom and Dad are upset with the abuser, not you. Because the abuser is the one who did this.  \no This was done to you, not by you. Nothing about you made this happen.  \n􀀹 Not talking to mom and dad about the abuse keeps you feeling distressed. The same way not talking about it at all kept you feeling bad.  \n􀀹 You felt better after doing the narrative in therapy. You will feel better after you can tell mom and dad too.  \nQUESTIONS I CAN ASK TO ELICIT THE ABOVE:  \n• It sounds like you feel scared to tell your parents, what does a person need to be able to do something they are scared of?  \n• How might mom and dad feel if you were able to tell them?  \n• Have mom and dad ever shown you or told you that they think your bad/dirty because of the abuse? Do you remember worrying about telling anyone about the abuse? What have you learned in therapy about telling? Do other kids worry about telling too? Do you think other kids might worrying about sharing their narrative?  \no Who do mom and dad hold responsible for the abuse? Who caused it to happen?  \no How do mom and dad feel about the abuser? Who are mom and dad upset at? Why?  \n􀀹 How did you feel before you ever talked about the abuse in therapy","cbCairYwEI09uOGQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairYwEI09uOGQ","pdf",668134,"English","# Common trauma-related unhelpful thoughts\n## Responsibility for siblings\n## Telling parents about abuse\n## Feeling unlovable due to a parent’s choices\n# What therapists can say to elicit alternative endpoints\n## Child-facing messages\n## Question prompts to challenge unhelpful thoughts\n# Caregiving systems and support adults","[{\"question\":\"How can therapists help children who believe they must care for siblings?\",\"answer\":\"Use prompts that define a child’s role as having fun, working hard, and following rules, while emphasizing that adults and caregivers are responsible for taking care of siblings. 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