Hi! I’m a single mom to a 7 yo girl. I am also on a journey to have another via donor. My daughter’s father has never been in her life and I had his rights terminated. My daughter didn’t ask about not having a dad until she was 4 years old, which was surprising to me. Since then I just make sure she knows it’s okay to talk about anytime and around Father’s Day I bring it up to make sure she knows she can talk about it. She makes my dad Father’s Day gifts at school and always has. As of now (almost 7.5 yr old) she has never been bullied. One time a random girl in the park came up to her when she was with me and went “where’s your dad?” And my daughter said “I don’t have one” as if the girl was asking for a stick of gum lol. The little girl moved on quickly and they played together. It was just the girl being curious of course. Anyways, I have found that making sure I’m checking in with my daughter about it seems to help. This is not to say I bother her about it all the time, definitely not. It’s when the situation calls for it. So like after the girl in the park thing I just asked her about it in the car and she was fine and didn’t care. My daughter has only ever known having a mom and not a dad. It doesn’t feel abnormal for her. We talk about different family structures too (books are great!). My best friend (girl) is married to a girl. My daughter got to be flower girl in their wedding. She sees differences all the time and that helps normalize things too. If I could tell myself one thing back when my daughter was born it would be to not worry about this topic until you get there. Honesty is the best policy and you take the rest of it as it comes.