Any advice on how to explain divorce to young children?

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Two DC (5 and 3). Both boys and young for their age compared to their peers. Older boy is v keen on both of me and my STBXH. Younger boy is attached me and gets upset if his dad picks up or tries to do bedtime and often cries asking where I am

It's up to me to explain that STBXH is moving out and will live somewhere else. Any advice?

Is there a reason why it's being left to you to explain rather than doing it together? My eldest wasn't much older than yours and it was also down to me to tell them. I went with "daddy is going to live somewhere else but you'll still see him" - I refused to say anything which bought my name into it. Him leaving was not My choice and I didn't want me to ever be associated with it

@onceisenoughinlife maybe that's why he expects me to do it? As it in my choice due to him being a nasty bully and I'm finally sticking up for myself.

How did your children respond?

I'm sorry you had to go through that. It's a truly shit thing to be trying to navigate

It's hard when you are leaving for the reasons that you are? In some ways it was "easy" for me as he was the one that left and he left because he didn't want to parent full time.

My eldest took it well at the time. I'd say I am seeing some of the impact of it now though a couple of years down the line. My youngest were too little to understand

Daddy is going to move into his house and you'll see him there. Your kids have no idea that parents are supposed to live together forever. They're too young.