write the child's character in the lost child in about 150-200 words
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We are continually writing new posts in hopes of helping families and loved ones better understand addiction and its effect on their lives.
One of the simplest and most fundamental elements to understand is that the active addict is not the only one participating in the addiction. Friends, family members and loved ones all may be playing their own role without even knowing it.
Over the past few months we have discussed “The Enabler”, “The Scapegoat”, and “The Hero” among others.
Today I want to talk about a common catalyst of addiction in the family; “The Lost Child”.
The Lost Child will just go with the flow, don’t stand out, don’t make any trouble. With the antics and achievement of the other family members, the low-maintenance kid is what the addiction family needs. Unfortunately, the Lost child often stays lost long into adulthood and has a lot of trouble getting direction in their life, interacting socially, or standing up for themselves.
The lost child may spend time alone to escape the problem. They can experience social difficulties such as imaginary friends, make believe play and may be very shy.
The role the lost child sees for themselves is to not add any demands on the family system, be as low maintenance as possible. Some common characteristics of the lost child are:
not much family connection
feels lonely
poor communication and relationship skills
feels unimportant
disappears from family activities
reinforced for causing no problems
seldom considered in family decisions
quietly lives on the edge of the family
build solitary short term worlds including watching TV, reading, listening to music, and eating
spend extraordinary amounts of time alone
secondary personality issues often arise in adulthood such as sexuality problems, weight problems, excessive materialism
If you think that you may be experiencing any of these characteristics, or if your addiction is causing this behavior in your loved ones, feel free to call us today for a free addiction consultation
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The child was very excited as he was to a fair with his parents. He was fascinated by many things like toys, many sweets, a garland, etc. in the fair. He asked his parents to buy something for him, but they refused him. He was an obedient child as he could see the refusal for his demands on his parent’s face. He wanted to enjoy the roundabout. But as he moved back to request his parents for it, he found his parents nowhere. His face was convulsed with fear and tears rolled down from his eyes. A man from the crowd heard his cries and tried to console him by offering different things which previously he wanted to have. The fear is so predominant that the child did not show any interest. He was so innocent that he only wanted his parents.