Teaching Mommy
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Hi All,
First let me say that I am new to posting here, but I am not new to the forum. I have probably read all of the stories here. I became interested in the topic after my, then, 2 year-old son made the comment, "Mama, do you remember when that man shot me in the woods." We were riding in the car on the way to my mother's house and it kind of confused me and I said "Baby, no one has ever shot you before." He said "Mama, yes they did!" He was very serious and I could see it written all over his face. I just reassured him that no one would be shooting him now because Mama and Daddy would keep him safe. Time had passed and a few months later (or maybe even a year later) we were in the car again and all of a sudden he says, "It was my daddy." I responded by saying, "What did your daddy do?" (thinking he was talking about my husband) He said, "My daddy shot me in the woods." On the inside I was freaking out, but on the outside I calmly said, "T (my husband) has never shot you. You know your daddy loves you he would never hurt you." He said, "No Mama, not that daddy. My other daddy that lives in the woods" Now I would have just chalked this up to his imagination, but every-so-often he will blurt out another fact about this family in the woods. A few other things he has told me are his grandma lives in the woods in a dirty house, he lived with her and his two uncles and 1 aunt, so on and so forth. He also makes comments like, "When I was a grown up I had 7 kids, but they all died and I was really sad." He is 5 years old now and he still talks about this family in the woods. I guess I should add he HAS NEVER been in the woods before. Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
First let me say that I am new to posting here, but I am not new to the forum. I have probably read all of the stories here. I became interested in the topic after my, then, 2 year-old son made the comment, "Mama, do you remember when that man shot me in the woods." We were riding in the car on the way to my mother's house and it kind of confused me and I said "Baby, no one has ever shot you before." He said "Mama, yes they did!" He was very serious and I could see it written all over his face. I just reassured him that no one would be shooting him now because Mama and Daddy would keep him safe. Time had passed and a few months later (or maybe even a year later) we were in the car again and all of a sudden he says, "It was my daddy." I responded by saying, "What did your daddy do?" (thinking he was talking about my husband) He said, "My daddy shot me in the woods." On the inside I was freaking out, but on the outside I calmly said, "T (my husband) has never shot you. You know your daddy loves you he would never hurt you." He said, "No Mama, not that daddy. My other daddy that lives in the woods" Now I would have just chalked this up to his imagination, but every-so-often he will blurt out another fact about this family in the woods. A few other things he has told me are his grandma lives in the woods in a dirty house, he lived with her and his two uncles and 1 aunt, so on and so forth. He also makes comments like, "When I was a grown up I had 7 kids, but they all died and I was really sad." He is 5 years old now and he still talks about this family in the woods. I guess I should add he HAS NEVER been in the woods before. Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
Since "there were men chasing him" sounds like more was happening other than just his "dad shot" him (as an isolated incident). I wonder if there was a clan/family "feud", or maybe during a war? Maybe his "dad shot" him by accident during the chaos of a lot of men chasing him during a "feud" or war? And if his kids all died from illness, or were maybe also killed in this feud/war (if there was one)? He also seems to think you know who this "Grandma" was (plus you get "the feeling that this Grandma is his dad's mom"). I hope he keeps talking and you can get some more info!