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What to tell the kids.

The conversation you are dreading usually goes better than you think, as long as it is short, true, and keeps the kids out of the middle. Pick the moment and their ages. You get words you can say out loud, the questions they are likely to ask, and what to leave out.

Not a substitute for a pediatrician or a child therapist either. If something feels bigger than a hard conversation, it probably is, and that is worth a call. Have a message to send their other parent instead? Try The Script.