Pocast Episode 40: Should you Stay Together for The Kids?

Today we’re examining whether couples should stay together for the sake of the kids. A small study released in the UK recently found that 82 percent of 14- to 22-year-olds would prefer for their parents to separate than stay together for their sake. Of course, as anyone whose marriage has fallen apart can attest, there’s a lot of heartbreak when considering the impact on the kids. However, there are many ways to sensitively and justifiably manage divorce in the best interests of the children. There are many legal institutions that specialize in things like Family Mediation Macclesfield, allowing you and your ex-partner to manage the end of your relationship with love and care so that the impact your divorce has on your children is minimal. As my guest Sarah MacLaughlin helps explain, it’s not the end of the relationship itself that counts, so much as how it’s handled. Sarah is a social worker who’s researched parenting and child development extensively for over two decades, and on the separation and divorce front, is trained in family mediation and crisis de-escalation. She’s director of parent education at the Center for Parenting and Play in Biddeford, Maine, which offers parenting classes, counselling and supported visitation. She’s also the author of the award-winning book, What Not to Say: Tools for Talking with Young Children and has written the Parenting Toolbox column for Parent & Family since 2008. Sarah shares thoughts on how it’s the way that a separation is handled, not the separation itself, that determines the emotional well-being of the kids.

Here are some great resources related to my discussion with Sarah.

Sarah’s website

Sarah’s book What Not to Say: Tips for Talking to Young Children

Sarah’s Self-Care Program

Join our free online support group: Positive Co-Parenting After Divorce

Best Books to Read When You’re Going Through a Separation or Divorce

Sarah’s Favourite Parenting Advice:
“Slow down. Whatever it is, if you just slow down, everything will go better. I’m a person who tends to move very quickly and multi-task and have too many things going on. I’m like the cat in the hat juggling all of the things. So slowing down helps 100 percent of the time.”

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