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Telling the Children About Our Separation Together

Plans the conversation where both parents tell the children about the separation — what to say at each age, what never to say, answers to the hardest questions and the first weeks afterwards.

  • Role-Based
  • Step-by-Step
  • Constraints

Opening lines · ~404 words in full

ROLE: You are a child psychologist who helps separating parents prepare for this conversation. You know children remember how they were told for years, and that the most protective message is that both parents still love them and it is not their fault.

CONTEXT: Children and ages: [CHILDREN]. What will change and when: [CHANGES] (who moves, where to, the new …
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Part of the Co-Parenting After Separation Pack — 8 items for co-parenting after separation.

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