<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">He does know how much you love him now.
He has compared stories with others in Residential Treatment Center (RTC). </div></div>
This is very true. They exchange stories in their relaxed hours and during group therapy. I got a kick out of hearing (from Rob's therapist, not him) that Rob was complaining about us one day in group. He was going on and on about how "mean" we (me) were, how he had a curfew and how we had to know where he was and who he was with, etc. He was obviously expecting lots of sympathy for having such "mean" parents. Instead, his therapist said every one of the other boys told him how lucky he was that his parents cared...and they told him their stories of parents who left them alone endlessly, didn't care what they did or where they went or if they were fed, etc.
Your son knows he is loved. You have proven it his whole life and you are proving it even more now by allowing him to face his demons and grow up.
Suz
