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Trying to Stay Strong w/my Daughter while my Husband/Her Dad is Deployed. :(
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Permalink Reply by Le Shelby on
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Hi jasmine! I went through the same thing this year with my two year old..things used to get so bad that i had to finally take his car to his parents house because my son would see it in the driveway and think he was home. I got him a lot of books about ships and the ocean and would tell him that daddy is working in the ocean and he seemed to be fascinated by that...he also liked seeing pictures all the time, ans had his favorite one by his bed at night. My son is autistic however and rarely said anything or got upset, but every now and then hed stop whatever he was doing and go in his room and look at the picture. At this age, they definitely dont understand. All you can do is talk to her about her dad everyday, show her pictures of them together, and tell her he will be back and that he loves her!
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Permalink Reply by JasmineLilyMark on
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Thank you so much for replying and your kind words. It has been great help and wonderful advice..sometimes i feel like i am the only one that feels like this..so its nice to know i am not alone..thanks again. Many blessings to You and uour family! :)
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I don't know if you've checked them out yet, but military one source has a lot of great resources for kids with deployed parents, and the materials are free. They even have a Dvd where Elmos daddy deploys...
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