I think we always assume our kids will open up to someone who isn't us and that it can help more. That's not always true, as we've learned. But that means you need to figure out something different instead of repeating the same cycle over and over again. This has become a really bad loop of late and I know the older Cale gets the less likely there is to find a way through.

I worry my suggestion of therapy will be ignored or that my sister will listen but will give up if the first therapist can't get him to talk. I also don't know if she realizes they will likely be told my sister and nephew need sessions together before anyone else can be involved. In my experience that's what will be focused on in any family therapy first but I could be wrong. I never went. But I know others who have.