It was something that had taken Harry Potter a lot to try to understand. Initially, he struggled to see how his responses to Albus’ struggles were making things worse. He couldn’t understand how saying that he had it just as hard at Hogwarts wasn’t helpful to Albus, until he started seeing a counsellor after the whole incident in Albus’ fourth year. Now, he understood that Albus didn’t need to hear about his problems at school – only his solutions.