100% agree, except I would not actually say the part of telling him he is going through some challenges.
I disagree. I think it's important in this world for our kids to trust their instincts. Their instincts are shouting at them...just like they are to us..."THIS IS CRAZEEEEE!!!"
I think it's crazy-MAKING to deny that validation. You don't have to belabor it or go into deep details but there's nothing worse than being surrounded by crazeee and having the people around you pretend it's all ok.
When my grandfather had his MLC, my mother gave me the gift of telling me that he was "sick"...I was 8. She explained that your soul can be sick and make you do strange things. It helped. I never blamed myself. And, I only saw my grandfather once after he left. I knew it wasn't my fault.
Validate your son's feelings. As an adult, he will learn from this experience to identify crazeee and validate himself when he sees it. If it walks like a duck, sounds like a duck...etc...it's crazee. Just is.
"You know, it's times like these when I realize what a superhero I am." Tony Stark/Iron Man
“Focus on what you can do, then do it with all your heart.” Lois Wilson
