So what do you tell your child when they ask to see a friend of theirs when you are no longer friends with that family? It is such a difficult situation ...
I've tried saying they live too far away ...
The response was that we needed to get in the car and go there
I've tried explaining it is too far away to go by car ...
The response was we could use a plane
I've tried we can't take a plane trip now, mommy and daddy need to work and you need to go to school
To that I was handed the phone and told to call so she could talk to her best friends ...
There is no way to explain to a 3 year old what happened ... and why you no longer see your best friends ...
It has been over a year since she has seen them and a good 10 months since she spoke to them on the phone ... hasn't deterred her want to see and talk to them ... it breaks my heart ...
She got teary when I told her we couldn't call them ... her bottom lip pushed out and she told me she needed to go to her room and be alone for a little while ...
When I went up to see her she told me she was sad and that she was just going to lay on her bed and hug her kitty for a while cause that made her happy ... she said she would be happy again tomorrow at school when she could see all her other best friends ...
Poor thing ... I hate seeing her this way ...
That's rough. And no help for it.
ReplyDeleteShe's so smart to have such an amazing memory at her age already!