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A close family friend has a child that unfortunately very very very very very challenged. Very challenged and challenged in a very bad way. A mental health issue. And a mental health issue that's just not pretty on any level. Now, what can he do? At a certain point, you got to help this kid. Even though the minute you try to help him, how do you help this kid? That means you have to go to ask on him. You have to call up the referral agencies. You have to deal with mental health counselors. So, you're going to kill your kids shidduchim. shidduchim. And this is one of his oldest kids. It's one of his oldest kids. And if he's going to go public with it, then how's he going to shidduch him for any of his kids? It's just not a good approach. So, for a while he tried to hold off. And then finally he saw his bless bracha. So, he started to make phone calls. Started to see what he can do. And okay, so you have to bite your tongue. You have to do it knowing you're going to help this child at the expense of all the other children. Because we know that that's the rule in shidduchim. The minute you go public, this is what happens. Now, about a year ago he calls me.
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