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“I can’t tell him,” he said, lowering his voice. “Because then I have to tell him everything”
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“Sorry,” I said. “You’re not the victim here. You’re the adult. As is your ex"
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The File contained hundreds of documents, everything Mrs. Rubin thought was “wrong” with her son
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I knew he’d been in trouble, but that he’d walked into our program with such a deep-seated mistrust was shocking to me.
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He said nothing. He hugged Ben, and they both cried
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"He should think you like him, whatever he’s doing”
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“That’s not a specialty. It’s a responsibility. He needs a father before he needs a rebbi”
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Only minutes before his wedding, he was about to relapse
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“I don’t want him home. You were supposed to fix him!”
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It looks scary when they scream and fight back. But they’re just little kids in adult bodies, alone and scared
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This 15-year-old had been “in and out of rehab” for three years!