Sharing the news with your children that you and their other parent are divorcing, moving into two homes, and living separately can create great angst and worry. What to say? What not to say.
My goal is to help you feel prepared, confident, and informed, so that you can know that you did your very best for your children in navigating this important conversation.
With this video series, you will have all the information needed to prepare for this conversation with your children. Included in the video series are all of the key recommendations found in a variety of books by experts on co-parenting and children’s adjustment to divorce.
Don’t let this important conversation with your children keep you up at night! Begin the process of helping your children adjust to the divorce from the very beginning….with how you handle giving them the news. Let this video series can help you.
My goal is to help you feel prepared, confident, and informed, so that you can know that you did your very best for your children in navigating this important conversation.
With this video series, you will have all the information needed to prepare for this conversation with your children. Included in the video series are all of the key recommendations found in a variety of books by experts on co-parenting and children’s adjustment to divorce.
Don’t let this important conversation with your children keep you up at night! Begin the process of helping your children adjust to the divorce from the very beginning….with how you handle giving them the news. Let this video series can help you.
The Talk: A Caring and Confident Approach to Telling the Kids about Your Plan to Separate or Divorce™
As parents, you want to protect your children from harm, yet you know that giving them this news is going to be painful. How do you respond to their feelings, or their questions?
You might have lots of questions about how to handle this important conversation well and minimize harm to your children. And, there’s no trial runs or practice talks. There’s really only the one opportunity to have this important first talk about the divorce with your children. Parents feel that pressure. I know you want to do your best in having this important talk with your children.
The words you choose will set a framework for how your children view the divorce, what they remember about it, and will set a tone for them about how you and their other parent intend to conduct yourselves through this process. For these reasons, this is a very important step in the divorce process. You want to be prepared, ready to handle your own feelings, and be available to answer your children’s questions and support them.
You certainly want to help your children navigate this change in your family while minimizing their stress and supporting their healthy adjustment. That’s why I created this video series, with tip sheets and a worksheet. So that you can feel confident about how you handle this important conversation with your children. Preparation and quality information can help lower your anxiety.