Description: Sometimes, a child’s drawings can paint a much bigger picture.
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You’re looking at a drawing by an eight-year-old girl. That’s her on the left. The smiling boy is her older brother, and the animal is how she drew her mommy. Nobody knew it at the time, but they were both abusing her. When the doctors found out, they looked back at this picture. That’s when they realized the girl was floating, with no arms and no mouth. They say this means she felt helpless and voiceless, a major clue of abuse in drawings.
This is a picture of a volleyball team. It was drawn by a nine-year-old boy. The one in the middle is the coach and the other two are the boy and his friend. A few months later, the school found out the coach was touching the boys where he shouldn’t be. That’s when they noticed that the boy had drawn private parts on the coach and his friend. If only the school had seen it sooner.
Here’s a drawing by an eight-year-old boy. He drew one of his daddy’s friends. The teacher didn’t see anything wrong at the time. Then they found out the man was making the boy do bad things. Looking back at this drawing, the doctors saw how sharp the man’s teeth and fingers were. It matched the way that other abused kids drew those things. Another sign found too late.