How Do You Help Your Child Cope When Custody Visitation Plans Are Canceled?

I raised 4 children without their daddys taking an active part in their lives. It was so hard for me to tell them that he was not coming or I always seemed to be making things up to cover for him. My heart would just break for them. Eventually I stopped telling them anything at all.


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Picture this: It's 5:30 on Friday evening, and your kids are excitedly waiting by the front door for your ex to arrive for their weekend visit. No phone call nothing!

Let's face it. The co-parenting family that doesn't have this experience once in a while is pretty rare. But the sheer fact that, in life, "things come up," doesn't make it any easier for you or your kids.

So, when this happens, how do you typically handle it? What have you learned to say or do? What has been particularly helpful for your kids?

Unfortunately, custody visitation plans aren't always written in stone. Things come up, plans change--and, in the process, little hearts get broken. When this has happened to your child--either because custody visitation plans were changed for a legitimate reason, or because the other parent has become a repetitive "no show," what have you learned to say or do what has been particularly helpful for your child?

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