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Home › Expert Q&A › Home Life › My 2-year-old's best friend is moving away with his mom, while the father will continue to live across the street. How do I explain this to my child?

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By Jenny Lewis, M.D.
Pediatrician

My 2-year-old's best friend is moving away with his mom, while the father will continue to live across the street. How do I explain this to my child?

Fortunately for them, 2-year-old children don't understand much about divorce, especially when it occurs in another family. They do have a hard time with the feeling of losing a friend, and friends do move away. What makes this special is that your daughter's friend is hopefully more likely to be back for visits than other friends who will move and never return. So, look at this as a plus, and hope that the friend is back often.

In the meantime, it may be helpful to talk occasionally on the telephone and make sure you stay close enough to both parents that you are aware of when the return visits will occur so you can plan to have the kids get together."

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