52. How to Support Your Kids During Your Divorce with Sara Olsher
This episode is going to help you help your kids as you navigate your divorce.
Meet Sara Olsher. She's the founder of a company called Mighty and Bright, a company dedicated to helping parents help their kids through difficult transitions, like a divorce.
Mighty and Bright makes stylish coparenting calendars that are designed for your children! They are have books, games and tons of other resources!!
And wise words from Sara:
Here are three steps you can take to show your child EMPATHY:
1) Get on their level- physically. Speak to them eye to eye so you're not looking down to them when you're talking
2) Validate their emotions- refrain from using phrases like "don't cry". Let them cry. It's okay for your child to be upset. Validate their feelings by saying, "I know that you're feeling really upset right now. That's okay. I'm here for you"
3) When your child is hurt by the other parent's actions, you can tell them: "Mommy and Daddy love you very much. We do not mean to hurt your feelings and we are sorry that your feelings got hurt. Thank you for letting me know and I will make sure we do better."
Go check out www.mightandbright.com to see how their resources can help you!
And here's a special link to a book that Sara wrote to help talk to your kids about Divorce!
Use CODE: DONTSUCKATDIVORCE for a special discount
https://mightyandbright.com/products/ebook-how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-divorce
And a nugget of wisdom from Morgan from our Fan Mail segment: If you find an attorney whom you cannot afford long term, but you really liked them ...you might want to consider paying them for a consultation. If can give you good feedback on your case!