That's awful, Bernadette.
Like you say, it is a shame for him to have to be accompanied when he comes to visit you as coming round on his own gave him a bit of independence.
What's it coming to when 9 year olds are going round threatening other kids with knives?
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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs, cackling and telling me
'You'll be next.' They stopped when I started doing the same to them at funerals.
