WOW, you can’t say it at all. Unfortunately, he has to hear it from someone else. Kids are much more willing to accept a message that comes from another party rather than when it comes from their parents. They are closed off to what their parents have to say, and many times don’t even hear the words. They only hear and accept words of comfort and love and will not even allow criticism or suggestion to filter through to their brains. Those messages have to be relayed through a third party and that is ok. Right now your job is to offer him the love and comfort that he needs from you and not any form of correction.
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