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How does divorce affect children under the age of 7? A friend of mine has three kids, the oldest is 7 yrs old. She has decided to get a divorce and pursue another relationship. I feel so bad for the kids. I don’t know how the kids are going to react. They plan to have the children stay one week with one parent and the following week with the other parent. How will these kids be affected?

The kids will SEEM to adjust just fine – but then they will become pre-teens and teens and will have some tougher questions. Kids do NOT adjust well to divorce. I work with teens a lot, and they usually isolate themselves and close themselves off. Sometimes, they might go looking for a more complete social life outside the home, because they no longer trust the concept of family love anymore. Kids of divorce need a lot of TLC, and probably a solid, daily commitment from each parent to SHOW how much they love and appreciate their kids.