What trauma could be caused by watching your house burn?

If you gave her marshmallows to roast she would have been fine.

It might cause some sort of PTSD in your child, but there's no way to be certain. If I were you, I'd just sit down and ask her open-ended questions. Get her to talk about it, vent her emotions and frustrations about it. There is no better way to get in someone's head than to talk to them. Reassure her that it's not her fault, and even if it was arson, it may not be a bad idea to just play it off as an accident to prevent further trauma. Or, you could just be a troll :)

I'd suggest we discuss it over breakfast in bed, like the last time.

some therapy/counseling would probably be good for everyone in the family.

id vote for PTSD but then again ive seen that picture elsewhere and thats the only picture of that little girl in your photobucket.

It could cause some PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) for her and she might become afraid that her new home might burn while she's in it. I would just talk to her in a casual manner and feel her out about the situation. A good way to do that is through play talk/project talk. What that is, is you get her focused on something fun and non-threatening like playing a game or a good one would be baking cookies with mom and then just casually start talking about what a brave big girl she is and ask her some questions. Keep them simple and understated, you know kind of unimportant. You'ld be surprised at how well this works with children. Once you know whats on her mind you can then begin to address her fears and worries if she has any. You tackle that task by reaffirming your love for her and telling her that you and daddy are there to protect her. If her fears are extreme then you will probably need the assistance of a child psychologist or therapist. Good luck to you and I hope that your daughter isn't really traumatized. You will both be in my thoughts and prayers.

OMG...I am so sorry about this. As sad as it is, as long as you explain to your daughter what happened, she may not suffer from this. It may make her scared of fires (my husband is deathly afraid of our house catching fire, so now everything has to be turned off before we leave, fans, washing machine etc because he was involved with a fire when he was a LO). She may be overly paranoid later in life and be scared of fire. But if you make it not scarry and just explain accidents happen, she may be to young for it to affect her much. Once again I am so sorry this happened to you!