This is a perfect story to illustrate why we usually-middle-class teachers 
need to always be mindful that we don't generalize our own experiences/lives 
and project them onto our children's lives.  Believe me, we often have no 
idea.

Well, by and by, grandpa told me the
 > story.  He was not even grandpa, he was grandma's partner and together 
they
 > had raised the boy since being abandoned by his mother at the age of 
three
 > or four.  Told me a lot about those arms around the neck days.  For about
 > half a year, they came together and I encouraged granddad to sign our 
guest
 > book and walk with his grandson to breakfast.

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