Tips on Telling Your Children about Your Separation or Divorce
When facing the idea of telling their children about their impending divorce, most parents feel confused, anxious and filled with dread. It is difficult enough for adults to face the reality of a...
View ArticleTips on How to Handle the Move and the Immediate Weeks After the Move
It helps children to know what to expect… Once it has been decided that one parent is moving out of the family home, tell the children about this a few days to a week before moving day. Tell them that...
View ArticleTips for Helping Young Children Cope with Things They Do Not Like and They...
Listen–hear them out without interrupting. Tell them their feelings make sense and empathize with their feelings. Sometimes it helps to explain to them who did decide this, e.g. the dentist (brushing...
View ArticleTips on Helping Toddlers Cope with Divorce
For very young children of one to two years of age, their room, their home, their toys, their yard ARE their world. Depending on a child’s history and temperament, going to new places and doing new...
View ArticleCommunication Between Parents During and After the Divorce
Goals: Provide a healthy, secure environment for children to help them adjust to changes in their lives before, during and after the divorce. Help parents keep the welfare of their children as a top...
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