As the child of a broken home, I was intensely loyal to my mother and deeply resented the hurt my father caused her. It was dreadful watching her suffer. When my own marriage broke up, I tried to encourage a good relationship with my children's father. However, my children took my side. It was only natural, they lived with me and I couldn't hide all the things he did. He left his children, not just me.
In our desire to be politically correct, and because of the increased number of broken relationships, are we teaching our children that loyalty isn't a good thing? If they saw the pain that splitting up causes, wouldn't it teach them to work at their own relationships. I know that there was no way I wanted to give my children the hurt I felt and I really did try to shield them from that. If it was that easy to break up, what lesson are we teaching them?
By the way, this isn't man-bashing. There are good parents and bad parents, regardless of sex..
2006-08-31
23:03:41
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Marriage & Divorce