Don't make your children pay the price for your divorce, learn the mistake to avoid before you make them for the sake of your kids.
Please read this guide book how to tell the kids about the divorce............
You will feel…
- confident about how to begin, end, and know just what to say all the way through the “divorce” conversation
- prepared to share with your children the six essential concepts they need to understand and accept
- aware of what your children may be thinking and feeling so you can respond accordingly
- secure, as a role-model for your children, on how to handle disagreements and discord with dignity, integrity and respect
- proud, for the sake of your children, that you took the high road as you venture into your separation or divorce
- empowered about conveying your message with understanding, compassion and love
- confident you’re giving your family the best possible foundation for a healthy and harmonious future, despite your divorce
- capable of creating and maintaining a Child-Centered divorce
- ready to tell your kids about the divorce – because you will be!
You will know …
- how to avoid anxiety, awkwardness and stumbling for just the right words
- you have a text you can refer back to so that you stay on track – even when emotions run high
- how to communicate in the language your children (between the ages of 5 and 15) will understand – and appreciate
- what to expect, how to respond and be prepared with answers to inevitable questions
- you are giving your children a wonderful storybook about them and their family that they will want to read over and over again for reassurance
- how to access resources you can turn to, including: articles, organizations, attorneys and therapists, to give you additional support in the coming months
Your kids will …
- feel safe, loved and accepted during this difficult time in their lives
- know and understand they are not responsible or to blame for your divorce
- discover that change, while frightening and difficult, is inevitable and can turn out okay
- appreciate having a storybook about them and their family that they can read again and again for reassurance
- grasp, through text and family photographs, that life goes on from the past into the future, and there will be many happy experiences to look forward to ahead
- hear, and start to accept, the six key messages essential to help them through the divorce and beyond
- avoid the anxiety and guilt of having to make choices or decisions that are not their responsibility
- remember the respectful way you handled the challenges Mom and Dad have been experiencing
- thank you when they grow up, as my son did, for trying your hardest at all times to create a Child-Centered Divorce!
