Him: Mom?
Me: Yes baby?
Him: You know the website you made about us?
Me: Yes
Him: Will you not tell my friends about it?
Me: I am not going to tell anyone about it, and anyone who is told about it will not be told that it is us.
Him: Right, because you are The Parent, I am The Boy and he is The Brother
Me: Right!  I am also only going to write about things that are happening now, and what we did to get to where we are now.
Him: But if you don’t tell them how bad it was, how will they know how much better it is now?
Me: I will tell them it was bad.  They don’t need to know exactly what happened, just that it was bad and now it is great
Him: And you’re not going to tell my friends?
Me: I have no interest in shaming you.  I have no interest in embarrassing you.  I just want other people to know that they can make it better too.
Him:  Good, because it is much better.  Other people should know.

More than a decade ago I grew him in my body.  Over the last year he grew in my heart.  I am so proud of him for being able to see that we might be able to help other people but also to calmly express his concerns knowing he would be heard.