Young children -- youngsters from six to eight who are old enough to understand the change if not the reasons for divorce -- suffer enormous sadness in their parents’ divorce. Children should be encouraged to voice their feelings and ask questions.

This is very normal and should not be discouraging for the estranged parent. Children tend to grasp for things and hold on tight when significant change is taking place around them. Time will help heal any divorcing situation, so patience is a must. The estranged parent should not take this sense of attachment to the other parent personally, but rather as a natural instinct of a worried child in a newly introduced unpredictable world.