Divorce and Children - The Emotional Discussion

Divorce, divorce attorneys, assets, property, emotions, what about your children? How must they feel, stressed, insecure, make the transition easier by making a book for them.

One technique that has been useful in these situations is making a small storybook that breaks the ice and is something they are comfortable with. Even if you children are a little older, lets say in the 10 to 15 year range it's still OK to communicate with a book, Why? Because this takes some of the emotion out of the initial talk.

Emotional Poise

When you decide to divorce you look for a good divorce attorney, Right? The reason you do this is because they can work for you on a much lower emotional level where you can't, and rightfully so. You need to win certain arguments in a divorce case and your attorney serves that purpose, so how about your children? Don't they deserve to win in a situation like this? They are the innocent victims, take a little time to communicate that they will be cared for and loved. A storybook may be just the solution for you. You can explain the circumstances while assuring them in writing that they are not to blame and they are always loved.

You might even ask a friend to help in the writing of the storybook, a outsider can at times more clearly compose a good book just because they are outside the emotions.

The book doesn't have to be long, maybe 10 pages or so you just want to get a few points across. A short introduction about the divorce, maybe a section about simple why things happen and most importantly a section about how they, the children, will be cared for and always loved no matter what circumstances arise. From there you will find communication to be much easier and emotions should be calmed for a better talk.

To learn more about how to find a template and tips for this type of storybook

Go to How To Tell Children About Divorce, your children need to know you will be there for them too.