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Originally Posted by NewChief
This sounds a lot like my oldest son. He's only eight, and he's definitely cognitively and physically delayed... however... he fits in pretty well (though not to the point that other kids ask him to come over to their house and hang out or anything. Peers like him, but don't want to be close friends with him). He's the sweetest, most thoughtful kid in the world, and we're so thankful that part of his genetic abnormality seems to be that he's not overly self conscious about his difference (though his little brother, extremely social and popular, getting invited to play dates constantly bothers him). It's very likely he'll be somewhat dependent on us for the rest of our lives, but it's good to think that isn't a death sentence for my wife and I and may actually be a very pleasant, positive experience as we age.
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Yeah, and I have all the faith in the world you are much more apt, and able to teach him the ways of the world as he ages, whereas my BIL's parents just weren't. He's better off with me by a country mile. He doesn't want anything to do with going back. He's asked me if he could stay with me if his sister and I didn't got divorced. I asked him why he'd think we ever would and he just said he was scared that anything could happen and he wouldn't know me anymore. I told him he's my brother, not just my brother in law and I would always be around for him if he wanted me to be. That brought him some comfort, and oddly it brought me some too. I don't have kids, and don't plan on it. He's not my kid, and I don't want to be his father, but it's kind of cool knowing he'll probably be in my life for the duration of it. I'm also an only child, so he's literally the closest thing I have to a sibling.