I truly believe that if you show them that this is not "ruining" your life, it won't "ruin" theirs. You are the key person in this!
Right on!
Jeff that was awesome!
Monkeys, typewriters, Shakespeare...
Seriously, that's the one part of all of this that I feel like I can advise from experience. What we are going through is clearly NOT ruining our kids' lives. And I am convinced it is because we are not letting it ruin ours.