Had awkward conversation with a 6th grader today. For background, he was raised by two men. I had made a brief reference to my mom and this boy said, in a very nonchalant preteen boy sort of way, “I kinda wish I had a mom.” I didn’t really know what to say because sure, don’t want to unintentionally insult his family but also don’t want to invalidate his feelings. So I just sort of went “yeah…” and moved on. What would have been the appropriate response?