Your Child - Your Divorce

As any parent instinctively knows and understands - nothing should come before the health and well-being of your children. And divorce, as difficult as it might be for everyone involved, should NOT change that fact.

But helping your child cope with divorce begins with understanding the significant effects of divorce on children. According to the AAMFT (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy), up to a quarter of children whose parents divorce experience ongoing emotional and behavior difficulties (as compared to 10% of children whose parents do not divorce). Any difficulties experienced in the home as a result of a separation or divorce, are also usually very quickly manifested in other aspects of their life such as school. Children’s reactions to the dissolution of marriage can range from withdrawal and inability to communicate to outbursts of anger and acting out. As a parent coping with divorce, we crave accessible tools that will help our kids deal with the drastic change in their life while speaking a language that is understandable to the child.

Your Child - Your Divorce explains basic information about children and divorce and how to best handle these situations as a parent. Our site supplies the resources necessary for parents in need of information on separation and divorce and offers useful tips and guidelines for men and women coping with divorce. Our comprehensive child divorce articles tackle important questions surrounding kids and divorce, questions such as:

• How should I discuss divorce with my child?
• What are the emotional effects of divorce on children?
• What are the psychological effects in children of divorce?
• What are the conditional effects of divorce on a child?
• What are short and long term effects of divorce on children?
• How can I help my child handle loyalty conflicts and separation anxiety?
• Where can I learn about counseling issues and programs for children of divorce?
• How can group counseling for children and divorce help my child?
• How can I best help my child through divorce recovery?

The main thing you need to understand about children and divorce is that the way you, as a parent, choose to handle the divorce can affect your child forever. Consider the following thought:

• “For nearly all children, regardless of their age, the day their parents separated or divorced was the single most defining moment in their lives.” – NFRC (National Family Resiliency Center)

So yes, divorce recovery can be a painful and difficult process for the parent as well as the kid coping with divorce. But more importantly, with the right tools and information found on this site, all provided by professional divorce experts, we are confident that you can make the divorce transition as painless on your child as possible.

Because your children are your first concern™