In the words of the immortal song "breaking up is hard to do." But I'm here to tell you that it is that much harder watching your children going through it for the first time.
At almost 16 my son has dated before but never anything serious until a few months ago. As an adult you know that with the beginning of a relationship there also has to come an end. And endings hurt.
As a parent your first instinct is to make it all better. But somethings you just can't fix. There are life lessons that have to be learned along the way no matter how painful they might be.
The best that I could do for him tonight was hold him while he cried. It broke my heart to see him hurting so much. I can tell him that it won't always hurt this much and that time heals all wounds but that is something that he is going to have to discover for himself.
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