The hardest part is not using the truth to hurt the other parent. Children should not become emotional messengers or weapons. But I also think they deserve age-appropriate honesty when the time is right.
Would you tell your children the real reason for a divorce?
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If a marriage ends because of cheating, should children be told the truth eventually? Or should parents protect them from adult details?
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Replies suggest age-appropriate honesty is better than exposing children to painful adult details or using them as emotional weapons.
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My parents hid everything and I found out years later. The cheating was painful to learn about, but the years of pretending were worse. Kids eventually sense when the story does not add up.
I would not lie, but I also would not give children adult details they are not ready to carry. Something like 'there were serious trust problems in the marriage' may be enough when they are young. The goal should be honesty without turning the children into judges.
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