My nephew is 9 years old and he has been drawing some disturbing pictures lately. In these pictures he has drawn himself being killed such as being hanged and so forth. He has been drawing these pictures in school and has been reported by the teacher. His parent are blowing it off even though the school has reccomended counseling. Should this just be ignored or should I take steps to get him the counseling needed and if so how do I go about it since the parents refuse? There are some underlying issues with his mother that may be the reason he is acting this way, but he will not say because he is terrified of his mother.