When my child stopped speaking, I thought it was a phase. At first, I told myself he was just shy or tired from school.
Days turned into weeks, and the silence grew heavier.
He would look at me, understand everything I said, but refuse to respond with words.
Teachers began calling me to school. They said he no longer participated in class.
He avoided other children and sat alone most of the time.
That was when I learned he had gone through a traumatic incident at school that frightened him deeply. …CONTINUE READING