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Scenario

How to Explain Why a Grandchild Can't Live with Their Parent

I'm raising my 8-year-old granddaughter because her mother is unstable and she keeps asking when she can go back to live with mommy and I don't know what to tell her.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A grandparent must protect a child while preserving their relationship with an absent parent who may never be stable.

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