Telling the kids we are splitting up

[BrittaPerry]

How?

Dd1 is 5, but with a technical type of mind - for example she has a book that tells her about friendships that she gets out whenever her friends are confusing her . She is also very melodramatic.

Dd2 is just turned 3 and is crazy...

It's hard isn't it?

I had a crazy nearly 3 year old and an 8 year old who sounds a bit like your 5 year old in some ways.

We told the eldest together and then I'd arranged to go out with her best friend and their family to keep her occupied and so we could talk. It gave her chance to ask me questions too. Obviously all the reassurances like you both love them, they'll see you both, they'll get 2 sets of presents ....

We didn't really tell the youngest in the same way, but showed them both the house their dad was buying before he moved in to get them used to the idea. At 3 they're still making sense of the world. There have been behavioural difficulties at times.

It was a month after we told them that he finally moved out (7 months for me!

Good luck. I'll see if I can think of anything else