That's better.

[kyburg]

When you kid finally comes clean and tells you 'I'm scared you're going to throw me out' - you've got something to work with.

Grateful as hell I have the presence of mind these days to recognize this as a developmental milestone and not an insult. (That? That was my mother.) Then the fact this has been scaring him for weeks sinks in and it breaks me all over again.

Dammit, I was right. I just botched the approach.

But now that we know, there's hope to recover the situation - again.

Comments

[feyandstrange]

Oh, that's heartbreaking. Many kudos to you for seeing it and handling it without anger - hope things work out at school. Poor kid.

[moropus]

Poor little guy. That's so sad. You are a fabulous mom.

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

And perhaps some of the riot was acting out to test just how far you'll go before you toss him out??

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Not so much as being so scared and nervous he couldn't sit still through it.

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

He finally said what you wanted to hear.

Don't you think the fact that that's what you were expecting and wanted to hear might have something to do with that? How much did you guide him, etc.?