Amy Wang

OregonLive.com

Recently a mom I know announced that she was about to get a divorce. As she talked more about it, she mentioned that she and her husband hadn’t yet told their kids, a kindergartner and a preschooler.  How do you tell your child you’re getting a divorce? Mari Kresge Alexander, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Northwest Portland, offered some tips.

“The most important thing is to realize that most kids want their parents to stay together, even if their parents have been arguing and there’s been a lot of tension,” Alexander said. “Kids really want an intact family. They’ll be really sad and go through a lot of loss.”

Source: http://blog.oregonlive.com/themombeat/2009/10/how_to_tell_your_child_youre_g.html