OK, quick recap for those that haven't bothered to read my blog (can't say I blame you!!).
X2B has decided she wants to separate. It's very amicable (although more than a little strained at times) and we are getting on OK at the moment. I (hopefully) have found somewhere else to live and will move out over the weekend of 27th October.
We will tell our daughter on the Saturday of that weekend and this is the point of this post.
Our intention at the moment is to make sure that we present it as "one of those things" as our daughter finds things easier to accept if it's presented like that.
We're going to make sure that she understands it's not her fault in any way and also that she will still have a mummy and daddy but just that daddy (me) will live somewhere else. We are not going to blame anyone, it's going to be a mutual thing.
I have seen this thread
www.wikivorce.com/joomla/Divorce-Forum/C...46-telling-kids.html which has some iseads on how to approach it. However, does anyone else have any good ideas on how to tell a 9 year old that their parents are splitting up?
In fact, anything at all would be useful, what worked, what didn't work etc. etc.
Obviously, all children are different but any general tips would be most welcome.
Thanks in advance.
apm