Should I give my kids a letter from their absent father?
Deciding whether to share a letter from an estranged, absent parent is agonizing because you want to protect your children from getting their hopes up and being let down again. This leaves you completely torn at a standstill, struggling to navigate whether to let them read it or reach out further.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1holding onto the letter and withholding it from the children until the parent shows actual improvement
- 2Using genetic testing to find medical concerns
- 3Sending a registered letter requesting medical history only
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
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- 4Why do parents keep asking for my personal phone number?