My eight-year-old asks me every night why daddy left and I keep making up different stories because I cannot bear to tell him his father chose drugs over us.
More people experience this than they realize.
The parent struggles between protecting their child's innocence and honoring their need for truth about abandonment.
“Where Are You with Parenting as legacy — what you pass through children?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.