The Gift of Parenting

The real success is also that your child sees that you can keep it, there's nothing wrong with them. It becomes less of a big deal to us which gives them more room to feel less like they failed. Leaving isn't a punishment. Leaving is a strategy for your needs. You shouldn't be able to handle that. That's the gift and in doing it that way you are saying to him, you're a good kid and there is nothing wrong with you"