We’re Telling Our Kids Today

We are about to sit our children, the most important people in our lives, down and tell them their lives are about to change forever.

As a parent, your job is to keep your kids happy and healthy. Of course, there are a lot of caveats to that: teach them manners, how to be a good citizen, respect, change the toilet paper roll, get good grades, always try your best, eat your vegetables, etc. However, most of us can agree that our main goals are to keep them happy and healthy. This includes shielding them from any outside danger.

This is the day that I have been dreading. What is happening today is the reason I’ve pushed making any decision off for years.

I’ve spoken in front of hundreds of people. I’ve been in many most important meetings of my job/life before. But nothing, NOTHING, has been as nervewracking as this day.

What if they yell and blame me? What if they scream, cry, and can’t stop? What if their hearts are breaking… and I am the reason it’s happening?

I’ve read numerous articles and books about how to tell them. What I should expect and how I should respond. But can you ever really prepare for this?

Added after we told the kids:
We sat the kids down and together told them that we will no longer be a couple. We explained how we’d always be their family, we answered all of their questions, we held them when they cried, told them our love for them has never and will never change.

They cried. We cried. But…. then they moved on. We all moved on. It’s true what they say… kids are resilient. They will respond more to your actions than your words. Show them that they will be always be surrounded in love and they will be ok.

I promise.