Depression may last for weeks or months. Prolonged depression with no periods of lighter moods is a sign parents might want to seek professional help. Often prolonged depression means a child is feeling overly responsible for the divorce. In time, adjustments to the changes results in feeling better. Anger, grief and guilt dissolve, and focus on the future becomes possible.
Life is more stable and hope emerges.
The child's acceptance of the divorce will be demonstrated through a renewed focus on the present and the future. The child will begin to anticipate the future and not dwell on the divorce factors. Problems will be seen as separate from the divorce, rather than caused by the divorce. Divorce brings them into new situations for which they may not have solutions. Some problems and how to handle them include . . .