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Scenario

How to explain separation to a very young child

My 3-year-old keeps asking when mommy is coming home and I have to keep explaining that mommy lives somewhere else now but he forgets and asks again every day.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The parent must repeatedly shatter their child's hope while trying to maintain their trust in the world's basic goodness.

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“Where Are You with Single Parenting?”

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