OTW - I agree with your perspective until the last sentence. As a parent I too would love to suck up all my kids pain and take it on as my own, so they were nothing but happy. But that's not realistic. You will need a neutral third party to talk sense to your W and to reinforce that the kids need to speak their mind.
Me: 32 W: 29 T:8 M: 6 D4 S2 M - 8/2008 W is not happy - 1/2014 W wants D - 9/2014 W moved out - 11/2014 D filed - 1/23/2015 D'ed - 2/25/2015 Gave X the Letter - 11/10/2015