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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 260776" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Shari, another vote for "you did fine". I think you handled the situation properly. When children ask a direct question, they deserve to receive a truthful answer, that's geared to their level of understanding. I think you hit just the right note. You didn't say anythi disparaging about her mom, yet you let her know how things really stand, which gives easy child 2 some very important tools and that she'll need as she grows and learns to evaluate people's character, stand up for herself, etc.</p><p></p><p>As for the stuff, my position is that a child's things are his or hers, and he should have the ability to take them back and forth to wherever he needs to be. Little easy child does the rounds, staying with family members from whom I'm estranged, and he's allowed to take with him whatever he feels like taking. When possible, I try to arrange for duplicates at each home, so that he doesn't have to worry about forgetting things at one place that he'd like to play with at another place. It does get a bit confusing, but I figure, we're all the grownups in this mess, so we're the ones who should be trying to make our kids' lives easier, not more difficult.</p><p></p><p>You're doing great!</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 260776, member: 3907"] Shari, another vote for "you did fine". I think you handled the situation properly. When children ask a direct question, they deserve to receive a truthful answer, that's geared to their level of understanding. I think you hit just the right note. You didn't say anythi disparaging about her mom, yet you let her know how things really stand, which gives easy child 2 some very important tools and that she'll need as she grows and learns to evaluate people's character, stand up for herself, etc. As for the stuff, my position is that a child's things are his or hers, and he should have the ability to take them back and forth to wherever he needs to be. Little easy child does the rounds, staying with family members from whom I'm estranged, and he's allowed to take with him whatever he feels like taking. When possible, I try to arrange for duplicates at each home, so that he doesn't have to worry about forgetting things at one place that he'd like to play with at another place. It does get a bit confusing, but I figure, we're all the grownups in this mess, so we're the ones who should be trying to make our kids' lives easier, not more difficult. You're doing great! Trinity [/QUOTE]
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