I think they're impacted by it greatly. It's hard. My youngest son, even though he's doing really well, still has anger issues and stuff like that. It's hard to be honest about what's going on because he doesn't want to be honest about what went on at home. He had a sick mom. He was 15 years old and had to drive me to the hospital because I tried to kill myself. He knew what he was doing was illegal, but he had to get me there. No 15-year-old should ever have to deal with that.
If he ever heard this, he'd probably be very mad, but it's the truth. They're things he's had to deal with. It would be very hard for him to be honest about them in a group with just regular people.