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Your name is JOHN EGBERT and you are FIVE YEARS OLD. Mommy and Daddy are fighting, and you don't understand why! You're in the living room just playing with your magician set you got for your birthday when you hear Mommy scream at Daddy and slam the door. You always get yelled at for slamming the door, and you wonder why Daddy isn't doing the same to Mommy.
You look up at your Daddy, because you're confused and a little scared! You don't know what's going on, you just want your family to stop yelling at each other. Daddy sits down next to you on the floor and pulls you into a tight bearhug. You hug him back, because that's the only kind of response to give to being bearhugged by Daddy!
"Daddy, why are you and Mommy fighting?"
Daddy runs his hands through your hair, and you think maybe he's trying not to cry. Did Mommy hurt him?
"We won't be fighting anymore, John. But you might not see Mommy a lot anymore."
"How come?"
Now Daddy really is crying, and you reach up to rub the tears off his face. Daddies shouldn't cry. That's even scarier than seeing Mommies and Daddies fighting with each other.
"Mommy won't be living with us anymore, John."
"How come? Did Mommy hurt you, Daddy?"
This time, when Daddy gives you a bear hug, you do your best to pat his back like he does for you when you're upset.
"Yes, John. Yes she did."