Y’all gotta stop telling these kids, “Of course your absent parent loves you,” when they straight-up don’t. Love is an action, not a concept. If they loved that child, they’d show up. They’d call. They’d do. When a kid asks, “Does my [mom/dad] love me?” and that parent has been ghost since the hospital bracelet came off, the answer is not some fairytale lie to protect their feelings. They deserve truth with care. Something like: "I know that’s a hard question, and I don’t have the answer you des