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Topics in Separation, Visitation, and Reunification
children will understand the same period expressed as a number of
“sleeps,” as in, “we’ll come back and see Daddy again in three more
sleeps.” Younger grade-school children can understand the same period
as occurring after two more swim lessons, or the next time a favorite
weekly television show is on.
Older children may be calendar- and clock-competent in classroom
exercises, but the stresses associated with family matters can compro-
mise these brand new skills (read about regression in chapter 6). It’s
always better to speak too simply to a child and tolerate the resulting
roll-of-the-eyes than to assume understanding only to discover later that
your meaning was misunderstood.
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