divorce

[kobe]

how to tell my 3 year old child we are getting a divorce.

tricky one. my dd1 was 5 when we split up. I think there are books designed especially for children to cover this kind of issue. I will see if I can find a link.

Sorry to hear you are going through this. Its soooo much harder when you have dcs.

I don't think there is any easy way tbh. When I had to tell my dd (then 5) I said something along the lines of 'daddy's not going to live with us any longer because mummy and daddy don't love each other anymore but just because we don't love each other doesn't mean that we don't love you because we do very much'.

The understanding of a 5yr old is probably different to that of a 3yr old. Sorry I can't be much more help.

Good luck.

my dd just knows daddy no longer lives with us, she is only 2.5yrs old so thats all she understands, divorce wouldn't mean much to her, would your dd understand what you meant by divorce or is it better saying daddy doesn't/won't live here anyway, sorry your are going through this, I'm midway through a divorce myself (not my choice) its really hard