Poor dd has lost her best friend - how can I help her?

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She is only 5, so I know she will get over it in time, but for now she is very upset.

The circumstances were traumatic in that he left very suddenly, to go to a refuge with his mum and sister. So there was very little warning (I knew it was on the cards though, and had tried to gently broach the possibility) and she doesn't understand why he couldn't say goodbye.

I don't know how to explain it to her - I can hardly say 'because his daddy was a bad man who hurt him'. So far I have said that they wanted to live in a house instead of a flat and they found one very suddenly.

She is in denial about it to an extent - when I ask her who she played with at school, she always says his name. She has also asked me to write to him and send him a card and invite him round to play .

Would SS pass on a Christmas card, do you think? And is there anything I can do in the short term to make this less upsetting for her?

or the local housing office.

i think you are handling itwell.she will gt overit

Oh yes, housing - good idea .

they have a po box you see, so as not to give anything away, they do recieve post. so housing ofice should be able to give you the po box

He's gone to "help his mummy who had to go live somewhere else"? A little bit closer to the truth for should you need to explain more to her later if she remembers?

How sad for the little chap and his Mum and sad. But obviously the right move for them.
Blinglovin's is a good idea.

Yes, I like that explanation - she's very into 'helping' at the moment, so that would appeal to her. Thanks everyone.