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Scenario

How to explain parental abandonment to grandchildren

My grandson is twelve and asks why his parents do not love him enough to take care of him and I do not know what to say that will not hurt him more.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Protecting a child's emotional wellbeing while maintaining honesty about painful family realities requires impossible wisdom.

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“Where Are You with Grandparents raising grandchildren?”

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