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Eight years old is old enough to hear a partial truth. You could say something like 'Your father is a good man, but he wasn't well and couldn't cope looking after a family, but remember one thing ... he loves you." For now that's all you have to say.

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Q: How do you explain to an 8 year old why his father is absent?
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