Divorce

Confessions of a Recent Divorcee

Posted by: Lori Glastein, September 10, 2008 in 7:06 am

Divorce and your children.I am a recently divorced mother of two girls.  My daughters are now 6 and 4, but were two years younger when my husband and I first separated.  Naturally, I was wracked with fear that my separation and subsequent divorce would scar my children forever.  I was tempted time and again to remain married “for the sake of the children”. 

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After the Divorce

Posted by: Jennifer Margulis, August 13, 2008 in 4:03 am

Divorce and it\'s effects on kids.My husband’s parents divorced when he was three.  Mine split up when I was ten.  When my daughter’s teacher helped the kindergartens write five-line biographies about themselves, one little boy wrote at the bottom of his page: “My daddy doesn’t live with us anymore, and I want to go to his house.” 

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