Hiii so me and my partner decided to divorce. It was the right choice for both of us honestly and the best decision for the kids.
They’re 8 and 10 years old and I don’t know how to tell them. Every time I work up the strength to do it, the words just don’t leave my mouth.
I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to go about this without hurting them.
Any advice is helpful!!!!
Hi Yas,
I’ve only got one and he’s 5 so I'm in the same boat as you.
I didn’t know what to say at first so definitely want to read how others here did it.
My partner wasn’t there so I had to do it by myself. I managed to tell him what was going on but just kept saying that I’m still here and not going anywhere. That I wouldn’t stop loving him etc. I think I just need to keep telling him that.
He’s also started to ask questions which have been a little difficult to answer.
What did anyone else do?
I’m a little late to this but I did something similar to Ash. Luckily my ex-partner was there at that point and we both (with mostly me speaking) explained to them that this was the best decision for the family moving forward, that we loved them and the decision had nothing to do with them.
I saw an article on here that went over basically how to do it, it’s called ‘Speaking to your child about divorce’. It also covers what to do after https://iamlip.com/speaking-to-your-children-about-your-divorce/
