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 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁

DrWatson · 70-79, M

This is hard, for lots of families.

But your question brings to mind the following story.

I live in Minnesota. Our daughters' grandparents were in New Jersey and Wisconsin.

One day, her school had "Grandmother's Day", where kids invited their grandmothers to come for lunch. We live in an area where most extended families are local, so for most kids this was not a problem.

So our daughter asked if the woman who babysat her could be her "Minnesota Grandma!" It all worked out great.

Maybe, in the future, there will be someone who can be something like a father figure for your girl.