We told our D's both 8 and 6 about 5 weeks right before my wife moved out. All 4 of us cried however I found that they really took it ok. Now, we had to put it in more kiddie terms and I actually have the notes my wife typed out if you want me to share. It really pissed me off but it actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Don't get me wrong I was so angry for my W to even put our children in this position however I had to suck it up for my children and act like my W and I were a team.