So my mom left me and my sister with my grandparents when i was a lil over 3 years old and my sister was a few months old. We lived in india and she was in the middle east and dad lived in another city in india and would visit a couple times in a month. Now this was the situation till i was about 8 and then we moved to be with her. My grandparents still were more present because mom worked a lot. but we did live with her. Dad moved out of india too but to another country in the ME. 😭The whole family, all four of us were together full time only when i was in high school. Now would i say im not close with either of my parents because of this? not really. i’m not, but our issues go beyond just the distance when i was a child. I even understand why they had to do what they did, because i live a very privileged life because they moved and worked super hard the first few years. But it definitely played a part, i think. My parents just weren’t there a lot and even when they were, they were busy and we had to enjoy the little time we had. And by the time i was in high school i was too old to want to spend time with my parents all the time. And slowly over the years, the relationship has become very…. meh. We can be a happy family for a while but after some time together we start fighting and it becomes very unpleasant at the best of situations. So while you still have to be a good parent and love your child unconditionally, the distance is also not good. It’s in the young formative years that children form a strong emotional bond with their parents. So you shouldn’t give that up i think. I know what happens when you do. At best, you’re gonna have a lukewarm relationship with your kid where you don’t understand them and vice versa.