over something the other day and in the brief conversation realized that there was something hard going on in his life - that part of what I was bugging him about was related to something that’s actually really difficult for this kid to deal with.
Needless to say, I kinda hate myself for it now. Here I am being tough on him, sort of thinking that he’s being oblivious or not trying or whatever, only realize that this is actually something just really difficult, and that he stresses out about it and is sad about it.
Dang. I’ve been beating myself up over it ever since. I need to be a million times better. I need to be the guy who takes that away from him, not the guy who makes it worse.