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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 5 yo is fine because we are fine.  He has a great life. He has me all day around, and basically unlimited time on electronics.  When I’m free from work for a bit, we are spending a ton of time together outside in the nice weather we’ve been having.  He talks to his cousins and grandparents on the phone more than usual.  Maybe once a week we will dial into a pre school circle time to say hi to everyone.  We are doing more together than we have, because he’s with me all day, and because literally every weekend there’s a new outdoor adventure.  This is NOT TRAUMA for a five year old or four year old, and especially not for a theee year old!  Sheesh. These kids are young.  What they need most in life is to feel secure, and they feel the most secure with their parents.  But getting to hang around all day with mom and/or dad, lots of outdoor adventures, loads of new toys for Easter plus new games on the iPad, and also a new bike on the way?  If it’s trauma, it’s the most privileged trauma ever.  [/quote]

Tell that to my 5 year old who has not been able to hug her father for 5 weeks, and is not able to live with her father for the past 3 weeks b/c he is an ICU physician.  Privilege is assuming that the world is experiencing everything in the same way that you are. [/quote]

Np:  your child isn’t in the same position - your situation is, probably, affecting their sense of security.  Surely, you see the difference between a missed class (not devastating/tragic) and missing one’s parent.  [/quote]

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