Toddlers, toddlers, toddlers! Very young, seems don't understand what is happening yet their development may be affected by parental divorce. During
first three years of life, children grow quickly and become mobile, learn language, begin to understand how world works, and form social relationship. With parental divorce, threat to child's full development will always be present.But here is good news. Did you know that you as parent possess all power to help your children make a positive adjustment to family changes? All you need to know is learn how divorce affect your children and determine what divorce parenting practices is best appropriate for them. Knowing how toddlers react to divorce will bring you to a better position of knowing best appropriate divorce parenting practices you can give for your child.
So let's start ball rolling. How is toddlers affected by divorce? Toddlers are most concerned about how their own needs will be met. Toddlers may worry about who will fix their dinner or tuck them in bed, whether parent they live with is also going to leave, and if their parents still love them.
Toddlers may recognize that one parent no longer live at home but still don't understand why. They may begin asking questions and ask same question after some time, as they still don't understand answers.
Toddlers become more aware of others' feelings and learn to express their own feelings with words and through play. They may become more aggressive or fearful when their parents divorce.
Toddlers find it hard to manage strong feelings like sadness or anger. They may miss parent who is gone or be angry about not being able to be with a parent.
Toddlers' negative behavior and acting out may increase during divorce process. They may exert their independence more frequently by saying "No" to adult requests.
If these are how toddlers react to divorce, what then is divorce parenting practices that is best appropriate for them? By knowing how toddler's react to divorce a lot of ideas will come up to your mind on what divorce parenting practices is best appropriate for your toddler. To add up to your list of ideas, here below are some divorce parenting practices that is best for your child.
· Establishing a consistent, predictable, and routines. Having consistent is important for young children, because it helps them to feel secure. At times, some parenting issues require communication and coordination between parents, if child spends time with both parents. Both parents don't have to do things exactly same way, but it is easier for children if most things are similar at each home.
