Father’s Day without a dad…

Any special tips for getting a kid (8) through Father’s Day without a dad?

My kiddo has been a little sad this week because they’ve been making cards at school for dads and she hasn’t got one. I’m worried about how she’ll be tomorrow and I’m expecting it to be hard for her 😔😔😔😔😔

(She’s actually my baby sister who I adopted, we have different dads and hers has been absent since long before she was born, so she’s never met him)

I would ignore the whole day but we’ll be doing something for my dad. She adores him but he’s much more like a grandpa to her than anything else. She made her card at school for him, and we bought him a present from her but she for sure still notices that it’s very different from him being her dad.

She has asked me like 3 times this week where her dad is… and I have just had to say I don’t know. Because I have no idea 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁

REMsleep · 41-45, F

Kids love the truth. Tell her that lots of kids don't have dads unfortunately but that she's lucky because you two are so close and that some kids have no body.
Explain that some adults make mistakes in life like her dad but that we can't control others but we can only control how we handle the situation.
Remind her that each family looks very different and tell her how much she is loved. Tell her that some dads are bad so in alot of cases it might be best to not envy them because we just don't know if having him around would be better.