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If you have a child, and he or she is not themselves, listen to them. Listen to their every word. If you can get speech out of them, then maybe you can get to the heart of what is bothering them. If not, time and concern should suffice. If not that, then you stay in there and never give up. It may not seem like a lot to you; especially if you have had a very long day, week, month or year. Bottom line, your child has an issue and it is most important for you to treat that issue as if it were a secondary concern about something that happened to in passing; one of your many long days. Listen to them like it was you needing someone to talk with.
There can be nothing more important in this life than knowing there is someone who will always be there to recognize your concerns and deal with them as if they were the most important thing on that day, at that time. But it goes beyond that. It goes to the matter of being a human being. Being a human being bypasses any and all superficial pursuits. Being a human being means to not become something that you know you can be. It means being the human being you already know you are but sometimes forget about, that quality about yourself that everyone knows but you. LLc 98.2