Hi Chicoutmired,
You don't mention how you feel about all this, so I'll ask? Are you still hurting, or are you pretty well healed? I ask because that make a big difference as to how useful you will be to your son as he takes on this relationship mending project. Who are the other adult supports in your son's life, and what do they think of all this? What's your heart telling you?
check out the website about social and emotional needs of gifted
www.sengifted.org/ for more info on resiliency of gifted children. Gifted Young people may be better able to handle stress than other children, because of their strengths.
FWIF - My son is almost 10, and it's never looked to me like he suffers or feel more deeply than other kids, just that he's been more able to counsiously remember and communicate it more persuasivly. ((Ya' know?))
(((big hug))) Trinity
