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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huh?  Haven't you been discussing it all along.  Sounds like its a parenting issue.[/quote]

She's 6. Explaining that her life is over is kinda tough, O Super Parent. [/quote]

Life isn’t over. Life is different now. It will be different again. Change is part of life. Teaching your kid to adapt is an ongoing effort. There is no “talk” where boom! One thing ends and the next thing starts and we all just run on that treadmill until the next major announcement. My son is 6 and we’ve been talking about this since March, as it naturally comes up.

He really wanted to have a BD party at Chuck E Cheese in July. He had been looking forward to it since last August when his friend had a party there. First we had to tell him “no party in July, maybe in the fall”. Then we had to say “no party this year. Maybe when you are 7”.
Finally we just said “even if Chuck E. Cheese opens, a lot of parents may not feel safe bringing their kid there. But there will be new types of parties we haven’t even heard of yet.” 
And there are. We had an ice cream truck at a large park with lots of room for distancing and masked playground playing. He had an amazing day. As we were packing up to go home, another group came with masked kids and a company that had buckets of water and super soakers for their kid’s BD.
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