Divorce Disaster Preparedness, Part III: What About The Kids?

Divorce and Children. Can there be a more dangerous subject to wade into?
Ah, yes, the children.
I’ve been dreading this entry, the third in the series of Divorce Disaster Preparedness.
I’ve been dreading it because everyone, including me, has pretty strong (and generally self-serving) opinions about this topic. I’ve been dreading it because I figure that my own kids will read it and think I’m on crack. I’ve been dreading it because my mom will read it and probably send me an article just to be funny. I’m dreading it because there is so much self-righteous, biased, insane, pompous, sloppy, beside-the-point, pontificating and pre-determined dreck, prattle and blather masquerading as informed advice on divorce and children already. (My favorites are accompanied by pictures of pouting children ripping a picture of mommy and daddy in two.) But I said that I’d do it, so let me get some of the preliminaries out of the way. First, the disclaimers. This entry is — Read the rest of this entry »