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All kids are excited about the Grand Theft Auto game.. no biggie.

All kids also love their parents, no matter what they do to them.

Go easy on the boy. Love him and leave room in his life for his parents. Kids want their parents and if you get self rightous about it, they will resent it.

Blessings on you for taking the child in and loving him as your own.

My ex-husband was a complete loser. He was verbally abusive, hateful and self-destructive. He divorced me finally after 19 years of a hellish marriage and I never asked him to reconsider. He was disabled; otherwise I am sure he would have stalked me after the divorce. He tried to do that during the divorce, before he was further handiacapped.

Anyway, during the divorce time, I was complaining one day at home about the kids' father, out loud, and my six-year-old son said to me, "I still like my dad."

I realized then that despite my anger at my ex, I would be wrong to taint his memory in the minds of my kids with my opinions. I vowed then to stop talking about him in front of my kids. I would state facts, not opinions, and try to understand him as best I could. I think it helped.

Your advice is right on. Good for you. :)