One of the services a domestic violence shelter provides is the Domestic
Violence Group meeting. This is an outreach service which is very important in
the healing process for our survivors.
While doing childcare during the domestic violence group, I
had the chance to watch 3 toddlers. They all had very different personalities
and working together was not on their agenda. I had to figure out a way to keep
order and have fun. I gathered all the
same sized Lego blocks and I started to create a tower.
I had forgotten the joy
that toddlers get when they build something and knock it down.
All three joined
me to gather all the same Lego shapes and build the tower and knock it down
over and over.
After the group was over and the mothers were coming out to
pick up their children, the toddlers didn’t want to leave. The tower building was
too much fun for them.
Safe house provided a service that was safe and fun for
these mothers’ children, while at the same time providing a place for healing
for these survivors.
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