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Registered: March 30, 2003
Posts: 26
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i mean like a social worker or child therapist for kids that have been abused. there are so many fields that i cant chose. but has anyone decided on just one?
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Registered: June 02, 2008
Posts: 9
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Hey, Im Dan, Im 15 - male from Ashford, in south east England. Iv'e been depressed and 'down there'. But thats where i believe you grow the most. (In the words of Ellen Degeneres!) I think child counselor's and therapists are absolutly great and something that i think we should all praise a little more. Mine was called Karen - and she dragged me from places i hope i never go back to.
To See A World In A Grain Of Sand, And A Heaven In A Wild Flower. Hold Infinity In The Palm Of Your Hand, and Eternity In An Hour.
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Registered: April 28, 2008
Posts: 23
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ive bin thinkin of bein a counselor hoo specializes in kids. i mite start my own buisness. all i know iz that i wanna help kids hoo grew up the way i did
kaylakako
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Registered: July 31, 2006
Posts: 21
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i do but im a teen ager so wwhe n i get older i will thatt is why i do it on the internet and at school.
raven robinson
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Registered: May 07, 2003
Posts: 7578
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Yeah, see whenever I watch those commercials where they ask you to sponser a child overseas, and even when I am trying tot hink of things to fill my "Operation Christmas Child" shoebox, all I can think about is how much I just want to take these kids home with me. The same goes when I hear about kids with screwed up parents and horrible home lives. I would get WAY to emotionally connected with the kids and I don't think that would be at all healthy. Right now I am having problems because I disagree with the mother of the girls I nanny for. I think it is stupid to force kids into extracurriculars that they hate and cry everytime I take them, but she thinks it is good for them. Even as silly as that is, i still spend so much time thinking about those girls...I can't imagine waht would happen if something actually abusive was going on...
"Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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Registered: February 26, 2002
Posts: 976
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Social work is EXTREMELY tough. You may think you could handle it, but when you decide to go into that field, it pretty much becomes your life. A close friend of mine became a social worker a couple years ago, and after about 2 years, she just couldn't take it anymore. It is probably the most frustrating and heartbreaking job out there. She explained it like this "You try to do all you can for these kids, but there are so many laws and regulations that you have to work around, so many times they end up falling in the wrong hands over and over again." I don't know, I give them alot of props, but it would just be way too difficult. I'm actually going into child psychology right now. After all of the things my mom has told me (she's a teacher) about kids who have trouble at home, I feel like school is the one place where you can truly help them.
"The story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop."
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Registered: June 07, 2006
Posts: 42
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!! me toooooo I feel the sammmeee way you two! I read that book OMGOSH I hope that mother IS rotting in HELL RIGHT NOW rrgggg yes me to I want to be someones Angel I had been thinking about becoming a social worker before reading that book, Now I am SURE. every one is like well what about the emotionall stuff? and I am like I am more then pre-pared to Handle emotions I have an OVER load of my own. And just like every one says with garbage people and stuff someone has to do! and by golly I damb well will and I will love it every time I save a child from a hell not many could imagine....  quote: Originally posted by bebebaxter: quote: Originally posted by MMB: Well, I read the book, "A child called it" by Dave Pelzer last night & man was I feeling disturbed & sick while reading it! I hope that Mother rotts in prison! Being an abused child by my adoptive Mother for 10 years of my childhood, I can relate & empathize. Of course, I wasn't abused to this degree, but I was emotionally & physically abused for a long time. I really want to help abused children. I think it would be theraputic to do something for an innocent child, that i wish someone would have done for me. What programs can I become a part of to help? I want hands on, not just donating $ & hoping it goes to the cause. I have a lot of scars& wounds from my abusive childhood. Does anyone else out there feel my pain? How do you get past it, how do you get closure? How do you move on & mend your soul & self esteem. I spent many years in a self destructive mode, before I knew I had to take back my life. I've been on the upswing for almost 4 years now, but it's still a daily struggle.... MMB quote: Originally posted by gothichick616: Has anyone here ever read "Achild Called it" or "The Lost Boy", by David Pelzer? Its the first two parts in a trilogy abou the third worst case of child abuse in the history of California. Well, since I read those two, I want nothing more than to be an abused child's "angel", by becoming a social worker. Plus, I have had personal experiences with wonderful, caring social workers, and nothing I can see looks nobler. 
Would you have been better off in your orginal home. Many kids are taken just from false reports....
::*~Never give up on someone because they have "problems" and you dont need their "problems", you could save a life...and bring a smile to a sad face*~
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Registered: May 07, 2003
Posts: 7578
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Eh...I couldn't work with kids with problems. I would have too hard of a time leaving my work at the door at the end of the day. I like my job as a nanny though...
"Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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Registered: June 07, 2006
Posts: 42
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I want to help children I want to be a social Worker I need to help them its my reason. I cant live knowing they are living like that. Do what you feel is right good luck finding it! remember you can do whatever you want to do!
::*~Never give up on someone because they have "problems" and you dont need their "problems", you could save a life...and bring a smile to a sad face*~
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Registered: February 10, 2006
Posts: 1881
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what kind of therapist Yogore???
MN debater, AIM me, I'm probably on and I'm probably bored... toughgirldb8r
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Registered: February 02, 2004
Posts: 9213
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quote: ive wanted to be a social worker for as long as i can remember
I looked into being a therapist, but the salary didn't satisfy me for all the work it entails, as shallow as that may seem. "You learn about equality in the classroom but you find out about it in life" - Campus Confidential www.myspace.com/yogore |
Registered: February 10, 2006
Posts: 1881
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I absolutely love and adore children... I've wanted to work with them forevs. Today in Perkins I was just randomly chilling out and this little boy started screaming and I went and held him and he wouldn't let me eat b/c every time I put him down he screamed again. I am basically just that good... little boys love me and they will want me as soon as I walk by. He's 9 mths and his name is Evan and I will be babysitting him this weekend. LOL
MN debater, AIM me, I'm probably on and I'm probably bored... toughgirldb8r
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Registered: October 27, 2005
Posts: 32
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ive wanted to be a social worker for as long as i can remember
Life is what you make of it... Make It Great!!!
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Registered: February 02, 2004
Posts: 9213
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quote: Thanx I appreciate that, most people seem to think I am lost cause now that I quit. But yea I am gonna take my GED, and see where I go from there.
Good luck! I think if you work hard you'll be fine. "You learn about equality in the classroom but you find out about it in life" - Campus Confidential www.myspace.com/yogore |
Registered: January 06, 2006
Posts: 48
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quote: Originally posted by yogore: quote: Well, I wanted to be a child therapist, but very unfortunatly I had to quit high school because of health issues, I dunno what I am going to do now.
I don't think that should be the only reason you give up on your goal. You can still get your GED and become a therapist or social worker. As for volunteering, try volunteermatch.org. There's a link to it here on YN.
Thanx I appreciate that, most people seem to think I am lost cause now that I quit. But yea I am gonna take my GED, and see where I go from there.
" If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other" -Mother Teresa
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Registered: January 07, 2006
Posts: 19
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while the helping of both socrates and immigrants is a issue of mist upmost valued impotence, the garded society in which we and both u a i live is quite the palace of lies? not to mention children of cornrows aight thug
Straight from heaven up above, here is Dumbo for you to love
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Registered: February 02, 2004
Posts: 9213
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quote: Well, I wanted to be a child therapist, but very unfortunatly I had to quit high school because of health issues, I dunno what I am going to do now.
I don't think that should be the only reason you give up on your goal. You can still get your GED and become a therapist or social worker. As for volunteering, try volunteermatch.org. There's a link to it here on YN. "You learn about equality in the classroom but you find out about it in life" - Campus Confidential www.myspace.com/yogore |
Registered: January 06, 2006
Posts: 48
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quote: Originally posted by bebebaxter:  We can do something now maybe and not wait til we have a degree. I used to babysit for a little girl who lived with her grandmother. The case workers were always hassleing her grandmother as they thought she was to old and wanted her to give up the grandaughter. Finally someone called in an annyouse report and they took her she was 6...The grandmother hasn't seen her in 2 years and spent all her money on lawyers who didn't help. The judge didn't care and she cries all the time she misses her granddaughte so much. We are neighbors and I feel bad as she was really nice to her and took better care of her then anyone else I sat for. She dressed her so good and fed her good and now her toys just sit in the yard and her grandmother is so sad and says noone cares not ever Swartsnegger our governer. We live in California. We should maybe check out why they do that take kids when they shouldn't.. my neighbor says its easier to take kids from nicve people cause they wont shoot you and stuff. she told me to look at the internet that they take lots of kids they shouldn't espicaly in Losangels
Omg that is so sad! I hope she gets her little girl back... Well, I wanted to be a child therapist, but very unfortunatly I had to quit high school because of health issues, I dunno what I am going to do now. But I am looking to see if I could volunteer occasionally at place that helps kids with down syndrome, those kids are such little sweethearts.
" If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other" -Mother Teresa
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Registered: October 28, 2005
Posts: 73
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Yea, I really want to be a Child Life Specialist, witch is someone who works with kids in the hospital... Or a soical worker,,
"Stop Child-Abuse.. Save A Childhood"!!!!
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Registered: December 11, 2005
Posts: 4
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We can do something now maybe and not wait til we have a degree. I used to babysit for a little girl who lived with her grandmother. The case workers were always hassleing her grandmother as they thought she was to old and wanted her to give up the grandaughter. Finally someone called in an annyouse report and they took her she was 6...The grandmother hasn't seen her in 2 years and spent all her money on lawyers who didn't help. The judge didn't care and she cries all the time she misses her granddaughte so much. We are neighbors and I feel bad as she was really nice to her and took better care of her then anyone else I sat for. She dressed her so good and fed her good and now her toys just sit in the yard and her grandmother is so sad and says noone cares not ever Swartsnegger our governer. We live in California. We should maybe check out why they do that take kids when they shouldn't.. my neighbor says its easier to take kids from nicve people cause they wont shoot you and stuff. she told me to look at the internet that they take lots of kids they shouldn't espicaly in Losangels |
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