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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.

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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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