I have an ex SIL who pushed counseling on her daughter at 15 because the mom was to screwed up to have a healthy discussion with her herself. It was very dramatic and very confusing to my niece, who to this day is screwed up and heavily medicated. It was stupid.
Now thinking of myself as a teen, if my mom had suggested counseling to me because of a flood and change in school she would have been the butt of many jokes with my friends. I can't even picture that conversation with my kids "honey I know it's so hard to flood and I know you have to change schools, so I'm thinking you may need to talk to someone, not me or your dad, but a stranger who counsels". Really?
It wasn't a mass school shooting where kids really need serious help, it was a flood, a natural disaster, something that happens most everyday somewhere in the world.
It is sad, it can be confusing and some kids don't have the skills to cope with small problems, but I would hope that the majority of your kids can move along just fine.
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