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Parenting a child who's dad is leaving.

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mummyandbab · 13/10/2022 17:44

For context my daughters dad and I split a few years ago due to dv.
He got anger management and parenting classes, and was able to see our daughter again with his family present.

He's never been 100% consistent but she loves her dad to pieces. He has a little boy and she's sees him every other weekend also with her dad. She adores he brother ( dad and brother mum not together either for different reasons). Daughter 6, brother 1.

He has now( few weeks ago) announced than he's moving to another country. He said he's going to fly back once a month to see the kids together , but considering his usual inconsistency I'm failing to believe he's going to keep to his promise and the sons father refuses to have any kind of relationship with me for the kids sake.

My daughters really struggling, she's now having to speak to a school counsellor and is having trouble accepting change. She has difficulty's before this and has been pre-diagnosed by specialists with ADHD and is almost through to getting her official diagnoses, after many many appointments.

We talk everyday, we're very close, she's with me all the time, we have bonding activities she has her own private book for feelings and her own little routine on top of all the stuff I do to help her cope with her adhd.

Is there anything else I can do to help her? From experience?

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SpinningFloppa · 13/10/2022 20:23

FaceTime video calls? not going to be the same but at least some contact

mummyandbab · 13/10/2022 21:06

@SpinningFloppa

She'll FaceTime him, but I meant more so helping her with her emotions

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SpinningFloppa · 13/10/2022 21:07

School should be able to help

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Brenna24 · 13/10/2022 21:13

O would speak to her ADHD specialists. There must also be books that would help her. We used No Matter What by Debbie Gliori when my daughter was struggling with me going back to work and no longer doing her nursery runs. It is basically about a small fox (Small) who is struggling with big emotions and worrying about not being loved no matter what happens and he goes through all sorts of scenarios with its parent (Large) and is reassured that Large will love it, No Matter What. Fantastic book. There are probably other more specific ones too.

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