Divorce & Your Child
Separation and divorce can be a traumatic time for children. Divorce brings many changes and they are changes that are hard for a child to understand. Divorce also hurts parents and can make them feel unloved and stressed. It’s difficult to meet a child’s needs when Mum or Dad’s energy is consumed by the hurt of divorce. This brochure provides divorced or separated parents with an overview of how divorce affects children and what they can do to help their child feel loved, safe and part of a caring family.