In munchkin land. I'm having a much easier time watching 3 kids than I thought I would. I really enjoy bonding with my nieces:) I just wish this whole situation was different, though. Any tips on explaining divorce to a 4-year-old who just wants to know why mommy isn't living at home any more?
Tonight we went to look at nicer futons and mattresses because it turns out we are going to be using one room for the living/bedroom. It will be tight, but well worth the sacrifice, I think.
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The social worker in me can't help giving out a "resource". Of course, its local to me so I don't totally know how useful it will be.They do have a ton of literature and it might be useful because, like all things emotional, there is a whole bunch of stuff written about how to help kids manage divorce. Like with a lot of traumas, many of the emotional reactions and feelings are similar for kids in the situation across the board.Good thing is that there are good ways to respond to those common feelings that are known to be helpful. Anyway, if you want more lit, I bet you can contact Kids Turn (this great organization here) directly. http://www.kidsturn.org/
Hope I am not being too annoyingly social workey.
My neices lived with us when their parents split up a few years ago and Josh, Kellys brother was with us also. They were the same age 3 and 4. It was hard for us and we didn't really explain it we just listened when they had concerns and reassured them they were being taken care of and loved. Their mother disappeared for awhile and that was hard but we chose not to make her out to be a bad guy. At that age it's easier on them to beleive their mom loves them but is having to work on things right now. I don't know if everything we did was really the right things specifically we just went with what felt right and answered any questions to the best of our abilities keeping in mind that they are little and don't really need all the specific details.
Since it sounds like you're just setting around with nothing to do (ha!), I tagged you on my blog.
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