Hey Mom88cat,

I explained to my boys that there are chemicals in my brain that are not working or balanced properly and that is why I get sad a lot or whatever and is the basis for a lot of other mental disorders and that is why we have to take pills and go to see therapists to learn how to deal with our emotions better because we feel them more strongly than some other people. Sometimes I get them to understand that some of the children they see are born that way and they have special angels that watch over them so we have to be extra kind and help the angels watch over them too. If we show them just to be kind and friendly and as normal as possible and let that person lead us..it will be ok. I won't teach them pity..just empathy and to help where they can. Watch them...they then teach their friends...it's pretty cool... It doesn't take take a lot of ripples to make some bigger waves some days.

WB