Dear Queenie,
My daughter’s first husband walked out on her when their kids were just old enough to miss him. After a while she got married again and he was a great stepfather to her kids, but now they are breaking up too and the children can’t understand why their daddies keep deserting them.
Queenie, how can I make them understand that this isn’t their fault?—Worried grandma
Dear Grandma,
You can try to explain that sometimes grownups just cannot manage to live together and get along with each other and it has nothing to do with their children. If you are still in touch with their stepfather you can ask him to also try to explain this to them. And professional counselling probably would help too.
