Children Of Divorced Parents Support Group
This community is for the children of divorce, both for adult children who have lived through a divorce as well as parents concerned about the effects of divorce on their children. Share your story and get advice in this support group, where there are others going through similar challenges.
With Love,
heathercliff
And i can tell you looking back that staying together isn't the answere. Also its important that you don't think of your kid as stuck in the middle, he should be able to talk to you two about it. Preferrably seperate from each other.
Also and i know this is hard from looking at my parents, but the best thing you can do is (and this goes equally for your husband) is simpy to accept the situation, accept that you have kids together and that you will be seeing each other regularly for at least another 15 years or so.
When you divorce it is important that there is no one winner of the divorce. Not one party being punished more then the other for breaking up. I know this because my dad got punished for sleeping with the neighbour and it took me a very long time to forgive my mom for doing so.
Seeing as your kid has authism (and from watching my steph brother who also has this condition) i know he or she will need extra care. So you will have to make tough dicisions along the way. Its important that your kids know that both you and their dad agree on the dicision being made.
But above all i can tell you that life is long, and my parents are both doing great with their new partner. Even tho there where some very hard times along the way.