Children and Divorce-Helping Kids Cope with a Breakup

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	Children and Divorce-Helping Kids Cope with a Breakup

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7b38c466-d061-4c2a-aa3e-a54d32535768/3774CD8D-629C-421F-B9A9-EAF270A3B23A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/divorce/HO00055/METHOD=print" href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/divorce/HO00055/METHOD=print" style="font-size: 11px;">www.mayoclinic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/divorce/HO00055/METHOD=print"><H1>Children and divorce: Helping kids cope with a breakup</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/divorce/HO00055/METHOD=print"><H2>How to break the news</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/divorce/HO00055/METHOD=print">Speak honestly and simply, and skip the ugly details.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/divorce/HO00055/METHOD=print"><H2>Keep your child out of the fight</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/divorce/HO00055/METHOD=print"><UL>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Don't speak badly about your spouse in front of your child.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Don't make accusations against your spouse in front of your child.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Don't force your child to choose sides.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Don't use your child as a messenger or go-between.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Don't argue or discuss child support issues in front of your child.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Don't pump your child for information about the other parent.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Don't use your child as a pawn to hurt the other parent.</LI>
</UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/divorce/HO00055/METHOD=print"><H2>Counseling can help</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/divorce/HO00055/METHOD=print">You might feel so hurt or overwhelmed by your divorce that you turn to your child for comfort and direction — but that's not your child's role. For help sorting through your feelings, you might join a divorce support group or seek counseling through a social service agency or mental health center.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3774CD8D-629C-421F-B9A9-EAF270A3B23A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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