Child of Divorce: Divorce Hurts Children of All Ages

Children of Divorce

Stories exploring the impact divorce has on children of all ages. Age is irrelevant when it comes to emotional, psychological, and relational effects of parental separation.

A man and a woman far apart leaning against a wall. Half is dark green and the woman stands in the lit area,

Divorce Support

Both Parents Matter!

A UK Charity, supporting parents through the hardest of alienating times.

An elephant in a suit, sitting on a chair holding a broken heart

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Child of Adultery

There is an Elephant in the Room, and that Elephant is Me.

Dads of Divorce

Happy Father's Day!

I know that most of you see less of your children than you would like, that you miss out on the small moments and feel forgotten.

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Children of Divorce

My Thoughts About Co-Parenting During Exam Stress.

My toothbrush sat alone in a cupboard from Monday to Friday

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Children of Divorce

As a child of divorce, I am Outstanding at Packing.

A double bed in the middle of a walk-in wardrobe

Children of Divorce

My Bedroom or Hers?

One dinner party I heard Isabella laugh that out loud that at least I wasn't sleeping in the cupboard under the stairs

Our very own Last Supper where they announced their Divorce

Childhood Healing

Family Dinners Cause me Anxiety.

The silence between mum and dad was eerie. A sigh here, a cough there. A gulp and a small pat on the thigh.

The perfect father and daughter portrait

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Children of Divorce

Why can't he sign my birthday card?

Childhood Abuse Featured

She told me my father didn’t love me enough to stay.

My mother abused the very part of me that was my father, and he presumed me to be my mother, I was disliked immensely by both parents till the day they died

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Children of Divorce

I could have this many siblings. I don't want to know.

Parental Alienation

What to do and not do in a parental alienation situation.

I want you to make sure you don't compare everything your ex does as alienation and make false accusations that can cause unnecessary harm.

Step-father and step-son playing with Lego on the floor

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Children of Divorce

I needed him to be my daddy, not his.

A little boy looking at a Christmas tree outside a window

Children of Divorce

This was my Christmas after they divorced.

Christmas marketing reminding me that my life was already a failure, that I was an outcast from societal norms. One celebrated the idea of Christmas and the other thought it was nonsense.

two young children carrying their cases down a leafy lane to meet their dad

Children of Divorce

Divorce took a chunk out of me

I hated going to my dad and I dreaded coming home to my mum. Neither home was emotionally safe for me,

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Divorce Dynamics

The Timing was Right until it wasn't.

My children have suffered and continue to suffer and it hurts me that I can't shield them from this madness. Each one has reacted differently and at different times