Please do not dump your emotional baggage on to your six-year-old. Any letter to him should just be an affirmation of your love for him, and that is it: no apologies, no how you feel or why Mum & Dad aren't together - that is TOO MUCH for a six-year-old to handle. It's too much for any child to handle, unless you have a deeply connected, ongoing relationship with them, which you have chosen not to.
Are you in therapy? I don't always think therapists are the best option, because anything outside the norm makes most of them really nervous, but to look inside you and figure out why you're leaving your six-year-old with an abusive person would be really, really valuable.
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