This afternoon I was cleaning up the kitchen and could hear the boys talking.  Actually it was more like Middle Boy giving advice to Younger Boy.

The main theme of the discussion was that Younger Boy needed to decide if he wanted to live at my home and if he wanted to live at my home he should act like it.  More than once he said "do you want to live here, because you aren't acting like it".

He told him of his experience when he was "his age".  He asked him if he wanted to go to a group home, because that was probably his next stop.

He talked about respect.

I didn't interfere.  I just listened.  It was an interesting new perspective.

Praises for brotherly advice and behaviors.  Prayers for healthy discussions between the two of them.