Explaining a very 'adult' situation to DD - no judgement please.

[Catastrophic]

No judgement hun, you havn't done anything xoxox

How young are we talking?

I would follow Mak's advice and just try to answer the questions as they are asked and try not to go into too much detail. I love how your not showing any bad feeling towards the dad or girl, that is really important and will just help in this crappy situation, well done hun xoxox

[RhiChiChi]

I think Mak's post is really the way to go. I think your explanation needs to be age appropriate but give enough information that it doesn't generate different questions. I think the point about families coming from all sorts of situations ie: blended etc... would be helpful.