You don’t need a plan or a script tonight, just a few honest sentences you can say out loud, right when it counts.
“This is not because of anything you did.”
“You get to have a real place in both homes.”
“However our family looks now, you're still loved the same amount.”
Making clear the change is not the child's fault is the single most protective thing a parent can say.
In their story, a character gets room for the confusion of a family changing shape, while love from both sides stays steady underneath it.
It ends with the character having a real place, and real things of their own, in both homes.
Read more: Stories and Attachment: Why the Ritual Matters as Much as the Words
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