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Getting divorced with a 2 1/2 year old

I want to divorce my husband, but we have a 2 and a half year old boy.  He is old enough to take notice to us not being together (we have seperated once), but not old enough to explaine what is happening.  He showed a lot of anger when we were seperated, which along with my husbands mother making things hard on my husband is why I let him move back in.  My question is, how do I handle this with a child this age?
by holland21    5 Posts   
Posted on 6/23/2008 6:10 PM    
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StoopidEx and FirstEx (that is, his wife before me) separated when LittleGirlEx was just 15 mos. old, and we married a few months after her 3rd birthday. LittleGirlEx is now TeenageGirlEx and says she remembers NOTHING about her parents' marriage, and as far as she remembers, her "nuclear family" was a mom, a dad, and "Auntie Kim" (she was a big fan of Cinderella, so we decided the term "stepmother" wasn't the term we wanted to use when she was very young; the name stuck, and it wasn't until she was a teen that she even used the term "stepmother" in conversation when referring to me). That said, I remember distinctly that she had some adjustment issues when we married (the first night I went to tuck her in, she asked when I was "going home"), and there was always the "which parent is firmer in discipline" struggle (I told StoopidEx more than once that he'd better discipline LittleGirlEx for blatant disobedience or I was going to do it and it was NOT going to be pretty). What your child does about the divorce will depend on how routinely you handle the breakup. Good luck.
by kimberlyknits   32 Posts
Posted on 6/24/2008 9:31 PM
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Look under the area called deciding under children. There are a number of stories there that may be able to help you deal with this. Good luck.
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