HairyChick

A friend had a baby with her boyfriend four years ago. They broke up about two years ago and have had a non-friendly relationship since then. He took her to court for custody and won big time. The kid goes to his house every weekend and two days a week.

Two weeks ago the kid came into mom’s bedroom for a drink. Mom said to “just take a sip from my water bottle. “. She didn’t want to walk her kid to the kitchen because she was comfortable in bed.

“Won’t I get corona from you?” The mom assured her that she was safe. The next day the kid calls dad and tells him that “mommy let me drink from her bottle because she doesn’t have corona.” Dad asked her what corona was. “You die from being sick.”

The father contacted his lawyer for sole custody. He claims that the kid is too young to be afraid of the virus and mom is scaring the kid with coronavirus stories.

My first thought was that the kid should be told not to drink out of bottles that aren’t hers and that’s fine. But can a four-year-old child understand that coronavirus can be deadly? Wouldn’t that kid have nightmares about being sick or mommy or daddy dying?

How do y’all handle this situation with your kids? How do you inform them without scaring them?

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