@Seaofclouds The adults who have chosen to take over those responsibilities are very capable of filling those gaps. And my view is that her issues with feelings of “rejection, anger, blaming herself, and more” should be addressed by her current guardian parents. If they need advice on how to address those issues, then they are the ones who need professional counseling.
@BoBo1946 “Apparently, the child has some issues!”
The only issue I’ve heard thus far is that she “acts out a lot”. Like I said, kids will do that if the supervisory guardians are not spending enough time with her.
@jjmah “The little girl craves attention (from anyone).”
Of course she does. So somebody needs to give it to her. The parents need to step up. There will be a time of reassuring that needs to be gotten past. But as soon as the child is infused with that assurance, then things will settle down.
All families go through times of trouble. They should not immediately run off to counseling at the first sign of trouble, when in fact, they are more than likely quite capable of coming together to address any and all issues as a family, set the trouble right, and then get on with their lives. Americans are so quick to pass the buck and throw responsibility upon others. We fear taking the blame for anything.
It’s a sick and vicious cycle. If the counseling doesn’t work, then we can claim that the problem is either with the child, or with the counselor. Much safer for parents to deal with that than having to ever admit that the problem is with the parenting.