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Scenario

How to Explain a Parent's Abandonment to Your Child

I'm a single mother and my 10-year-old son keeps asking why his father left us and I don't know how to explain abandonment without destroying his hope or self-worth.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The truth about betrayal must be balanced with a child's need for security and positive self-concept.

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