When one parent says they want a divorce a common question by the parent who does not want a divorce is ‘what about the  children?’  To which the first parent says ‘the children will be fine’.  The impact of divorce lingers FOR YEARS after the separation!  As demonstrated by this child of divorce who shares the hurt, emotional pain and disappointment of a parents’ divorce.   

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My parents divorced 59 years ago! I loved my mother very much but I never saw my dad again. I can still remember the day he left. All those lies about no impact on the children, is just that, lies!

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#235, Impact of Divorce Lingers On