A Mother and a Clinging Son
A mother and a clinging son Dianne and her fourteen year old son, Daniel were close. He wanted to be with her all the time, sometimes sneaking into her bed during the night so he could sleep beside her. Dianne didn’t discourage the behavior, feeling it would stop as he progressed through puberty. One evening while Dianne was taking a bath, she saw a smiling Daniel looking at her from the doorway. This wasn’t a new occurrence and Dianne continued with her bath. He remained there until she got out of the tub and started drying herself. Dianne was taken by surprise when Daniel asked, “Why are girls different than boys?” In the back of her mind, she had been waiting for that question but somehow, was hoping the school’s sex education would answer that …