Evelyn D

Hi, I'm answering the big question of the week about hiding hardship from our children. And I think it was really touching to hear about how her daughter is adapted and how resilient she is now. Those are words that I would definitely use for my son. When he was younger, it was much easier to hide hardship from him. And at those times, I think those were some of our toughest times. Although right now is really difficult. One of the things that my son really misses out on, and really has missed out on for a long time, is holidays and breaks days away. Definitely, he wishes that he had more freedom to do things that cost money that I just don't have. I try really hard to go without, to sell things so that we can do things. So, for instance, last year I sold some furniture in order that we could go to Alton Towers for his birthday. There has been more than just poverty in our lives. We've had some quite significantly traumatic experiences. And I would say that I'm very, very proud of how my son handles things and how accustomed he is to dealing with hardship. I don't try and hide it from him now because the stress of doing that was really difficult. And I had to balance it with the reality because 'no' is a familiar word in our house, but I will go without a locked to make sure that he doesn't lose out too much. Take care. Thank you.