My eight-year-old would go from happy to neurotically upset over the tiniest things. When they got home they started waking through the night, throwing tantrums that I wasn’t used to seeing from them. In the October school holidays last year my boys went to stay with their paternal grandparents and their 14-year-old cousin for a little over a week. Holidays were usually shared half and half. We always kept everything civil and out of the courts. Their father and I split four and a half years ago, I took a 60% primary care arrangement when we split. They are chalk and cheese, like most brothers. Will outwit you in any argument, with eyes to kill. Very strong willed, never stops talking, amazingly clever. He’s very easy to talk to, but not very expressive. My eight-year-old is the quiet one, a thinker, sporty, very handsome, very caring.
