How Families Work & Break !!!!

Family break ups are fairly common, but that doesn’t make it any easier when it happens to your own family. It’s important to reinforce to your kids that you’re still the same loving, supportive parents and that the breakdown of your relationship has nothing to do with them. You’ll also need to negotiate a new kind of relationship – one in which you are no longer partners, but still great parents. How will the kids react? Separation can affect families in lots of different ways. Some kids are more able to talk about their feelings, but most, particularly younger children, will show how they feel through their behaviour. Older kids might let you know that they feel angry, powerless, and out of control and mourn the loss of the family unit. Younger children who have previously been confident and calm may seem anxious and want to stay close to parents or guardians. Some kids may get angry or get into fights more often than usual, while others try to be really good and please the adults close to them. If one parent or guardian has moved out, it’s pretty common for kids to feel anxious that the other adult may leave too. That’s why it’s so important to maintain a sense of stability and reassure kids that regardless of what’s happening between the adults in the family, you’ll be there for them unconditionally.