What Divorce Parenting Practices is Best Appropriate for an
Infant?
Is there such thing as divorce parenting practices that is best
appropriate for an infant? I tell you, yes there is. In fact,
it's not only for infant. At every stage of children's
development, whether infants, toddlers, preschoolers, elementary
school age children or adolescents, there is such thing as
appropriate divorce parenting practices.
But before we get into discussing serious matter, let me ask you
a couple of questions? Is it important for parents to know the
best appropriate divorce parenting practices? What benefits
children or/and parents can get if there is, by employing the
best appropriate divorce parenting practices? I will leave those
questions hanging into your mind but please make your answers as
vivid as possible such that you will no longer mind time and
read the rest of this article.
Let's go back to business. First, you need to understand how
infants react to divorce. Knowing how infants react to divorce
will bring you to a better position of knowing the best
appropriate divorce parenting practices you can do for your
child.
So, how is infant affected by divorce? Infants do not understand
divorce but they can pick up on changes in their parent's
feelings and behavior. When a parent acts worried or sad around
an infant, the infant is likely to feel worried or sad.
Infants cannot tell adults how they feel. Yes, they can pick up
their parent's feelings but they still cannot tell us how they
feel. As a result, infants may act more fussy and difficult to
comfort, or seem uninterested in people or things when their
parents are upset relative to divorce.
Infants of age 6 to 8 months develop stranger anxiety. They may
act fearful or anxious around unfamiliar people. After divorce,
an infant may see one parent less often than before, so the
infant may show stranger anxiety around that parent.
Infants of age 8 to 12 months may begin to show separation
distress. Infants may cry, scream or cling when a parent is
leaving. It is hard for an infant to be separated from a parent,
especially for a long period of time, such as overnight. When
parents divorce, infants may experience more separations and
feel less secure. You may notice an increase in your infant's
separation distress during the divorce process.
Now that you know how infant react to divorce, I'm sure a lot of
ideas comes to your mind on what divorce parenting practices is
best appropriate for an infant. To add up to your list of ideas,
here below are some of the things you should do to help your
infant adjust to divorce. These are what I called the divorce
parenting best appropriate for an infant.