Going through the process of divorce is difficult at best, especially when there are children involved. Emotions are high and it can be natural to compete with your spouse for your child's affection, but there has to be a focus on the well-being of your offspring. This article guides you in what to say to your children while going through divorce.
1. It is not your fault. Whether a child is three or 30, it is a natural response to look for reasons why parents divorce. As children search for answers, one place they may look is inward. How children perceive a situation is altogether unpredictable, and may be based on something as seemingly insignificant as a passing glance or an off-the-cuff comment. During my separation, my then six year-old, overhearing an argument between my ex husband and myself about when things first became bad in our marriage, associated that same time with his own birth. Of course, our issues had nothing to do with him, and I still remind him of that often.
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