Talking With Children About Separation And Divorce
Are you sharing responsibility for your children with an estranged partner? Are you often confronted with questions, remarks and behaviour from your children you're not sure how to respond to? Are you worried about something you can't really discuss with your former partner?
This book explains how to discuss separation and divorce (and all the challenges that go with them) with your children and establish a different type of happy family. All stages of separation and its aftermath are discussed, from telling your children you are separating from your partner, through introducing them to a new person in your life, to the creation of step-families.
Practical solutions are offered to each problem and explanations are given of how children commonly react to separation situations.
The book shows you how to achieve the best possible communication with your children in any situation. Real-life examples of separation-related problems are included; for example, children's difficulties with visits to their mother or father, or challenges to step-parents' authority. This is essential reading for every parent facing a separation or whose children are living with a divorce in their family.
