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Coping with Divorce: Helping Your Child Cope with Separation or Divorce
Separation and divorce can be devastating but there are things you can do to support and comfort your child. There are also things you may unwittingly do that can make coping with separation and divorce harder for your child --now and in future relationships. Learn how to help your child cope with the negative short and long term effects of separation and divorce, as well as ways to help prevent trauma and decrease hardship.
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I think no matter what you do, parental divorce will have effect on kids. True, it may be wise to try to minimize the impact but the scars will be there. It’s a harsh experience that will make children less happy for the rest of their lives. Is it better to stay in unhealthy relationship? It is probably even worse for the kids. But we have to remember that substituting lesser evil for bigger is not the same as creating good.
by LkPow, 2 january 2008, 15:04 | reply
Just be honest and do not try to hide from the kids. Another thing that may help is “playing it down”. Say to them that it is not the end of the world, that thing just will be a bit mote different. Build relationship with your ex and avoid destructive bitterness at all cost. The relationship (in a different way) must go on for the sake of the kids. Look at Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. They are really smart people in this regard. They protect their children in a good way. Respect.
by Sceptic, 11 january 2008, 17:01 | reply
Whatever you do it will hurt. 90% of kids think it is their fault that their parents got divorced. This guilt hunts those “kids” forever. The primary goal of all divorcing couples should be to protect their children. What do we see instead? They fight like crazy for material things.
by Galen, 15 january 2008, 05:41 | reply