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When You're Protecting Your Children from Your Marriage's Death

My wife and I are getting divorced but we have not told our children yet and every family dinner feels like we are all living in a lie.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to shield others from our loss can create a painful double life that isolates us in our grief.

Ideas that help explain it
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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.