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How to explain forced displacement to children

My daughter is learning about immigration in school and asked me why we left, and I froze because the truth is too heavy for a ten-year-old.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Age-appropriate explanations of violent displacement require editing that can feel like betrayal of the truth.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief for lost homeland — diaspora mourning?”

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