I agree. My niece suffered from severe anxiety and depression, when her father left. He not only left my sister, he left his girls as well. They were living with my mother, and she passed a few months later. Her world spun out of control, she was eight and having severe panic attacks in school. With help of a child therapist, and a lot of support, she is doing much better. The one thing that we keep reiterating is that we cannot control what people say or do, the only thing we can control is the way we react to it. One important thing She has learned that its perfectly ok to "Fall Apart" to have bad days, to cry, get angry, and feel sad, the important thing is to know that she can, and does get back up, strongerView Thread