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Very good point. My brother works in the other country leave my 2 nieces and his wife. While he's away, he keep on check with them. Yeah their daughter become not so close to his dad but he keep video call and do what a father should do. It's like he was saying "you still have your father though i'm far away. Be good until i came back". In this case, sanho mom has totally lost contact with him. She knew sanho live with the aunt but she didn't take any initiative to get thru sanho until she's getting married. Thin and thick alone by himself. Feel sad for him
No offense here but there are some parents in some countries where the parents had to work abroad to provide for their child/children. And just to note they were away from each other for like more than a years or so.. some even took more than a decade. Sad truth is that for some parents, it's the only way to sustain the needs of their children. But the result is that-- the children weren't close to their parents, like it's just a duty for them to call them mom or dad, and their relationship became awkward. I don't want to discredit those parents who work abroad for the future of their child. I know they suffered so much too but in this story it seems that Sanho's mom didn't contact him at all while she's away. So this part is where I don't sympathize her. It's when you're away that you should give your teen-aged child your assurance that you're doing your best for them, remembers them and you're not fully abandoning them. Oh yes you have your faith on your child but you should know his whereabouts. He's a human too there are times when he feels lonely and weak. Just like how you felt when you're in that other country. You're physically away and that's the more reason you should make your presence be felt more by being their emotional support.
I'm just dispirited that even Sanho had to go through this. Now that he has someone who would neither let him go nor abandon him(yes! he's a little awkward with Dongha but he's opening himself little by little to him) and this is the time this mom will come get him from there?? ouch.