when my son was 3 and 4, his father consistently broke promises to come and pick him up for the weekend. Each time, My little boy would cry and say "daddy doesn't, love me" and I would say to him..

" yes, he loves you as much as he knows how to and right now daddy is having alot of problems that makes it hard for him to show it."

This answer helped him as he faced alot of disappointment over the years.I used to tell him that daddy was had so much to worry about that he couldn't think about the people around him. Of course, this was more like when he was 5 and 6.

The circumstances for him were different though, in that his father was an alcoholic not totally absent. When he got older, he began to realize things for himself and form his own opinions on it.

It sounds to me like this little boy has a loving support system , and that will hold him up as he goes through his life with a father like the one he has.

I wish you the best...