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Although my daughters and I have often talked about this time in our lives over the years, they both still resent the fact that I didn’t hide my anger from them, and even worse, railed about their father in front of them. “I can’t believe he did that!” Etc. My frequent apologies for my behavior haven’t made up for the damage I caused them. My younger daughter, who now has two young children of her own, recently said, “He was my father, Mom, and I wanted to love him without feeling guilty that I was hurting you.”

She was absolutely right.

via Nancy Alvarez: I’m So Angry: What Do I Tell My Kids?.