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January 3, 2011

Divorce’s Dirty Little Secret

As a therapist with over fifteen years experience, I hear a lot about divorce, particularly divorces where children are involved. While most of what I hear relates to the trauma and pain of divorcing, I have noticed a surprising sentiment among many divorces: people secretly like their time off from parenting.

A newly divorced client in her forties puts it this way:

“I feel terrible admitting this, but I cherish my down-time each week. It rejuvenates me and leads to a great amount of patience and positivity when I am with my kids. I totally lacked this in the past. I sometimes wonder if what my ex and I really needed was more help with the kids, more down time, and more romance.”

via Elisabeth Joy LaMotte, LICSW: Divorce’s Dirty Little Secret.

posted to Divorce,Mediation,Parenting @ 11:13 am

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