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Kids Rules On Divorce

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6:30 PM tonite on ABCFamily channel. The damn add alone made me cry. I think I can hold up my end. I hope H can hold up his.

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    hopankahopanka member
    Did it seem a little rehearsed to you? Like some of the things the kids were saying sounded coached. But once they started talking for a bit, some interesting things came out....such as: "please make sure I can see both of you an equal amount of time." or "understand that I never wanted the divorce and I don't like this."
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    Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
    I did not see it but I would guess if it was not scripted the kids probably took a few takes and by then it would look rehearsed. I think the idea of the show is good.
    Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
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    Holly_1007Holly_1007 member
    I didn't get to see it, would have liked to have recorded it for DH and BM though!
                           
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    PhantomgirlPhantomgirl member

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    I didn't get to see it, would have liked to have recorded it for DH and BM though!

    and you!

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    Holly_1007Holly_1007 member
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    I didn't get to see it, would have liked to have recorded it for DH and BM though!

    and you!

    well like I said, I didn't see it, so I don't know if it was geared towards step-parents, or more just the children's feelings on the divorce.  sometimes I think BM and DH forget that SD is just an innocent child.  I'm merely a bystander in the respect that I don't make major decisions, and have very little input in the raising of SD, aside from being supportive of DH, and loving of SD when she is at our house.  

                           
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    hopankahopanka member
    Littlejen i meant some phrasing and language didn't seem age appropriate, as if coached by an adult. But once they let the kids talk for a while, their own ideas started flowing and that was interesting to hear.
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    I didn't get to see it.

    Ironically enough H and I had a discussion about divorce instead.

    Go figure.

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    HopeforthebestHopeforthebest member

    If you missed it, you can see it on HBO on Demand under documentaries. We watched it and some of the phrasing did seem a lot more like grown up talk. The biggest thing I came away with is that if you are living with your spouse and you have kids, becareful, they hear things when you fight and think they are asleep.

    I always disagreed with the notion of "staying together for the sake of the kids" because I thought not having a true loving marriage to TEACH your kids was very harmful. This documentary, for me, reinforced that.

     

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