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The absent grandfather: what to tell a child about abandonment?

Observador26 August 2026 at 15:37

A father seeks advice on how to explain to his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter the absence of a grandfather who abandoned his two daughters when they were still children. The child is now starting to proudly present the list of family members she knows, which raises the question of how to approach the topic of abandonment with such a young child, without traumatizing her but being honest.

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