Congrats to your son and his steer for making the pictorial. Yeah, the first separation can be trying. However, as mentioned above, farm kids learn a lot of life lessons "in the barn".
One of the live stock judges at our local county fair gave an extemporaneous speech at the end of his judging. Basically thanking his parents for "raising him in the barn". And pointing out how the kids in the various live stock programs learn work ethics, responsibility, and the ups and downs of life. Not everyone gets a purple or pink or blue ribbon in the show ring. But they learn a lot of life lessons they can take with them that many kids raised off the farm will seldom understand.
Again, congrats to to your son...
