Your Child is Not Your Caregiver!
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Your Child is Not Your Caregiver!
Take care of yourself, don't expect your children to take care of you. Linda Foust states in "The Single Parent's Almanac, If you don't take care of yourself, your child might bury his own needs and attend to yours. Distraught parents sometimes fail to see a kid's problems or connect them to the family breakup. Your child loves you and needs you to be stable and functioning. His survival literally depends on it. Demonstrate that despite the upset, you remain competent and capable of caring for him and yourself. Avoid using your child as a confidant, but make clear your willingness to listen to him. Otherwise, he'll get the idea you're too delicate for difficult subjects and will protect you with his silence."
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