Re: Explaining sister's divorce to my boys

In article <1130261374.068923.168050@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"annie" <annesmithjunkmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Banty wrote:
> > Given that info, I'd say leave the subject alone unless the boys are
> > particularly close to their cousins. If they are, all you need say is that
> > "Uncle XX doesn't live with them anymore."
>
> I guess what I'm really after his how to answer the question that will
> follow. "Why?" They certainly do not need to know all the details,
> but I think I need to be able to provide some answer and I'm having a
> hard time coming up with the right words.

Actually, this could be a good time to teach them another lesson all
together: it's none of anyone else's business why their marriage fell
apart.

It is sufficient to say that they decided it would be best to not be
married any more, and that it is an extremely private matter between the
two of them.

Nothing else is necessary.
--
Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care

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