I started reading Helping Your Kids Cope With Divorce: The Sandcastles Way. Thanks for your support.FIB
Great! I doubt your W will concern herself with researching and learning what kids go through, but it is awesome that you are on it.
Shortly after I filed, I went out and got "Helping Children Cope with Divorce" by Edward Teyber. It sure gave me a heads up on some of things to be aware of. Most importantly, separation anxieties, reunification thoughts and feeling responsible somehow for the divorce. Just last week, S7 was talking about not wanting to get a new cat because if we did then mom would not come back. I had to tell him firmly that mom is not coming back regardless. I worry about him, but I think he has accepted it.
Does your state or country require parenting classes? We had to take 4 of them over a month period and even the kids got to attend their own age appropriate classes. It helped for them to understand more about what divorce is about. The program was called "Kids Turn".
