-=> Quoting Sean Rima to Nancy Backus on 11-06-06  11:17 <=-

 >>> those closest are also the most available ones...   Gotta
just love them
 >>> anyway, even when needing to take them to account for the wrong
 >>> behaviour... and let them know that they are loved for themselves no
 >>> matter what.  The past stays as some sort of baggage, but hopefully
 >>> he'll be able to work past it for the most part.  Helping him past is
 >>> probably mostly your job.  And a very sincere "good
luck" with that.  :)
 >> That is what I was telling her but when you are at the sharp edge,
 >> sometimes it is hard
 > True enough... and that's where support (for both child and parent, or
 > steps) is so necessary to soften things, too.

 SR> Yeah it is and we are getting there, shame he seems to think he
 SR> doesn't need help but then that is usualy the case

Yes, that is* usually the case...  He may recognize and acknowledge it
after the fact, when he is older... or maybe not.  In the meantime, one
just helps quietly...   :)

ttyl       neb

... To err is Human.  To blame someone else is politics.

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