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6 Conversation Starters for Talking to Children About Divorce

Conversations about family change are essential, but where to start?

Changes to a family, such as divorce or the addition of a step-parent, can have a major impact on the emotional health of children. It can be difficult for a child to understand why the changes are happening and difficult to express their feelings about the changes. 

Enlightened CoParenting includes emotion-focused parenting to support children in identifying and communicating the emotions they are experiencing.

Create a starting point for children to share there thoughts and feelings, while providing opportunities to beginbimportant conversations like "why" and "what next?".

The My Changing Family Worksheet is a perfect activity for beginning or continuing conversations with children about how family life is changing. It lists six compassionate and creative ways to begin the conversation about family changes with children. These questions are great starter points for answering the multitude of "WHY?"...

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