T2SP is right. Your son will eventually learn to speak up. He will get tired of being treated poorly by his father and won't care about further abandonment. Let's face it, your son has already been abandoned. We all have hope in the beginning that this is just a phase and that the mlcer will return to his former self. As time goes by, we realize that we deserve to be treated better and we don't care what they think. The kids come to this conclusion too and your son will eventually get there. There is nothing we can do to protect our kids from realizing that there fathers are flawed and that they cannot count on their love and support. It is so sad and I have shed many tears over this, but we make the situation worse by getting involved in their relationship. We can only be there for our children when they need us and give them all the love and support we can.
