Kids have stress too! Every day they have tests, peer conflicts and relationships with parents to navigate and with it all, pressure! When you add divorce into the mix, it adds stress to your children's lives, just like it does for you. However, the signs of stress are different from adult symptoms. Below are some excellent resources addressing these signs as well as how divorce affects children and how to help them cope. They are all so good that summarizing them here wouldn't be fair to you, so we've posted them here for your convenience and benefit. Enjoy!1. Stress - Taking Charge: Helping Children Manage Stress:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/publications/PM1660F.pdf
This link offers excellent examples of stress in children as well as ways to help them cope with the stress. Definitely a must-read! If you only read one article, make this the one.
2. Childhood Stress:
http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/stress.html
This gives a general overview of stress in children and ways to help them deal with it.
3. How Divorce Affects Children:
http://emeryondivorce.com/how_divorce_affects_children.php
This addresses some of the problematic effects divorce can have on children.
4. How Divorce Affects Kids:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/08/earlyshow/leisure/books/main621798.shtml
This article offers a different perspective than we are used to hearing. It addresses the many surprising positive outcomes of divorce on children as a results of studying the lives of children interviewed when minors and then as adult children of divorce. It's a reminder of how you divorce can make all the difference!
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