Reason For Choosing Social Work Essay

Reasons for Choosing Social Work Playing dress up as a child is supposed to be fun. Children pretend to be things they want to be; including adults; without ever mulling over what adults do. Adults work, get paid, do adult things. Children may not know what any of this really means, but to them, adults may seem to have more freedoms than they do. While many limitations placed on children are protective, many adults use those limitations to abuse children. Abuse was not something unfamiliar at the Children’s Center. While I was never allowed to look at the children’s files, I had been told that many of these children had gone through abuse. I would never find out what or how, but that never lessened the need to protect them, which really was not necessary at that point. I could not protect them from whatever …show more content…
I left because of school, but otherwise would have continued to go. While I was not given permission to look at the children’s background, it was a known fact that they all either have a mental illness or have suffered a traumatic event. I knew that many children in the groups I was working with had abandonment issues, and saw that while they enjoyed my presence, several children tended to stay away. I found that it was this lack of trust due to possible abandonment trauma. Some of these children may have had behavioral issues, but all these children still had fun. They loved to play, and if one did not know their background they might have believed that everything was fine. Knowing that they were struggling in some way, this did surprise me. Adults usually see a child as not having as many problems as an adult. These children may not understand how the adult world works, but they have had to experience things that many adults do not. Whether it be a mental illness or trauma, these children have shown me that they can do better with the help of their teachers and