Divorce not only exacts a toll on the divorcing couple, but it also affects the rest of the family. This is especially evident if you and your spouse have young children. Even though it is difficult to hide the negative feelings that surface during a divorce, it is extremely important that you work at managing those feelings constructively if you do not want them to affect the kids.
Avoid the mistake of believing that your adult problems are too complicated for your children to understand. Although young children may not understand words like “irreconcilable differences,” they are very intuitive and impressionable. Even babies can tell when their parents are at war; the tension in the air has a way of being transferred from one body to the other.
No parent wants their children to suffer through a divorce in the same way they are suffering. If you are going through a rough divorce, implementing the following strategies can help your children stay as happy as possible during the heart-wrenching process:
Leslie Welch, CDC, LOA
Certified Divorce & Life Coach
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