Carl and Tulip Are Getting a Divorce and Want to Know

question 115

Multiple Choice

Carl and Tulip are getting a divorce and want to know how they can best communicate the news to their young children. Ellen Galinsky and Judy David would suggest that

• A) the children be told that the support they receive from their parents is bound to change.
• B) it is best that only one parent be present while breaking the news.
• C) it is best that this painful matter should not be discussed repeatedly with the children.
• D) the children be told that they are not the cause of the separation.

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