Question: Our son, who is slightly over two years old, says very few words, mostly trying to communicate with gestures and sounds. Earlier he pronounced more words and tried to express himself with words. It is possible that at one point we misbehaved somehow and missed something. In the last years, there was a tension in our family with the relating consequences. We have a feeling that because of this, our son could close himself up. Now everything is going to be quieter, and the situation is slowly improving. We assume that if the development of speech will stall, then it can stop the further development of the child. Taking into account the known standards of the age of two, children should pronounce more words, but we also know that each soul has its own plan, according to which the child is developing in harmony with itself. What recommendations would the ascended masters give? Is it important to apply to the specialist on speech issues in such circumstances?
Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Kazakhstan Conference.
You need to determine this individually. You need to determine whether it was the outer situation that caused your child to become more closed, or whether it was simply part of the child’s growth. I would recommend that you observe the child, perhaps take the child to a specialist, and see if you can see any other signs of trauma.
Children go through natural phases. They can have a certain period where they are experimenting with language in a very innocent manner. And then, as they get a little older, they can become aware that words can be pronounced correctly and not correctly, and this can cause them to back off, not being so willing to speak, because they want to be able to pronounce it perfectly before they speak. There are also issues like this that can affect a child’s development that are not caused by an outer situation. I know it is not easy to tell the difference, but you need to tune in, and you need to be careful to look at your own psychology and look at whether you feel guilty for the outer situation, and whether you are then projecting something onto your child that is not realistic.
Look at your psychology. Do you have some separate selves that make you feel guilty, and now you are, as a sort of penance, putting this burden on yourself, and thereby also potentially putting a burden on your child? If you are willing to tune into this, you will be able to sense what is the case, and I recommend that you, first of all, work on your personal psychology, overcome any sense of guilt, and realize that situations happen, situations have to be dealt with, and yes, of course, a situation can affect a child, but you also need to be careful not to project something upon the child that is not caused by the outer situation.
In your particular case, I would strongly recommend that you look at your psychology and look at what you might be projecting on the situation based on your feelings about the situation, and any sense of guilt, and any sense of having done something, irreparable harm to your child, which I can assure you, you have not done, because at that age, it takes very severe abuse to do irreparable harm to a child.
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