Every Indian Parent Needs To Understand About Divorces Is This

Of course, you know your kids like nobody does. Of course, you have things to say. Of course, your wisdom is valued. Advice them but also trust them with their choices. Understand that the decision shall be theirs and that may not be in accordance with yours. They may not have ‘seen life as much as you’ but they’re adults too, you know. They deserve credibility for knowing what they’re doing. They’re aware, they’re responsible. They know the consequences and probably are ready to face them. They’ve thought things through, a lot more than you ever can. It’s their life and there’s nobody who’d be more concerned about it than them, you know. Every time you tell us them you’re getting sleepless nights over our divorce, don’t forget life is much worse for them.

It takes a lot of courage to take that big a step and there’s nothing worse than having nobody around who understands. Don’t make them more miserable by your judgments. They have society for that already. Stand by their side, even if you don’t agree. You don’t have to agree. It’s their life, not yours. If you’re concerned, be there for them in their moments of breakdown when they need home the most.

Let’s face it. A divorce is not the end of life. The society may make you feel like it is, but that’s society. It shames. That’s all it does. You’re always either too poor or too rich or too fat or too promiscuous or too ‘modern’ or too old-fashioned. There’s life beyond a failed relationship. Don’t worry; your child will be okay, much better than they are right now, in that failed marriage. Anyone who judges isn’t worth being around. So, for a while, forget about everything else and be with your child, for the sake of their happiness.