Comment on Gerard Baden-Clay Committal Hearing Thread Part V by Caro

Those first 4 weeks. With their mother missing, then found dead, their sense of security and safety in the world would have been shaken to the core;
Sadly, the three children lived with their father for the next 4 weeks.They were under the influence of the BC Snr’s as well for that period of time.
Firstly, their strength was their sibiling group i.e. they had each other for security.They had each suffered the loss of their mother.
Secondly, they had strength in the Dickie grandparents who provided a ‘secure base’ by visiting them at the school during that time. This would have been reassuring to them.
Thirdly, there was safety and security in the familiar environment of the school and its teachers etc.
However, was there sinister adult influence? They were forbidden to speak to anyone outside the family – until they had a nightly ‘de brief’! How many ‘de briefs’ did they have in those 4 weeks? One may ask ‘What did these ‘de briefs’ do to change their own thoughts and their recollection of events?’
They would have been extremely vulnerable and pliable emotionally and psychologically IMO.
Im my opinion, the arrest of their father was managed well by the Police and child welfare organsiation involved. The security of the children was paramount in the scheme of things. Well done QLD Police. The decision to ‘shield’ them from it was protective; the decision that they live with their loving maternal grandparents on the Gold Coast removed them from the ‘heat’ of that moment and provided ‘safety & security’ for them. Much work was done with relevant parties involved to ease their way back into the Brookfield school – a familiar environment where they had a sense of belonging and which was associated with their mother’s memory.These three children are fortunate to live with their maternal grandparents, to have that sense of belonging and connection with their mother. IMO this is another ‘protective’ factor throughout this trauma from which the girls will benefit in their development. Well done to the Children’s/Family Court for some protective decisions.
My opinion only and fair comment based on information released in msm and court documents.