Cop out ?

Finally, DS was told about the uproot-and-move. He somehow has a view that moving to the US is not something he wants, although we had lived there earlier. He was around 4 when we left that place. There is something about that experience that he hates. During our normal discussions, DS had said many times that he hates going to the US for some reason that is yet to be excavated from the innards... So telling him about the move was going to be challenge...

But we had to tell him sooner, which we already delayed. So when I was traveling this time, we had decided that he needs to be told; so the plan was just two days before my return from my travel, he would be told. This was the sequence

1. we will get my current boss (who is also a good friend) to visit our house and tell DS that we are being transferred (DS has this view like the teachers at schools have to be listened to, the bosses at work has to be listened to)
2. there is bound to be a bit of melt-down; handle it for a while, and then invite his friends from the neighbourhood to come home and play with him.
3. if he is continued to be disturbed, I return 2d later and take some of the brunt...

In reality, there was some melt-down, then friends coming home helped to limit it. Finally, he has agreed to the transfer for an year (2008 to 2009 :) , no month specified :) ) with some pre-conditions...

I believe that DW handled this extremely well in spite of my absence (or perhaps due to my absence) and it required extra-ordinary amount of bravery and an aptitude of the oak-tree to do so.

So its kind of ended well; but one thought still gnaws at me... Did I cop-out on this and not want to face the kind of reaction that I expected ?