Parent-child privilege does not hinge on majority. People v. Fitzgerald, No. 76-43. See Nat l Law J . The Michie Company, Law Publishers. Charlottesville, Virginia. 1981.
Parents do best when they describe to their children the basic reasons for the divorce.
It is surprising how frequently parents do not provide their children with this important information. I believe that some of the disturbances that children of divorced parents suffer suffering results from the fact that their parents, often with the best intentions and even supported by professional authority are not appropriately truthful about the divorce to their children. The effects of deceit on children. Half-truths produce confusion and distrust, whereas truth, even though painful, produces trust and gives children the security of knowing exactly what is happening to them. This will undermine their trust in the parents at a time when they are most in need of a trusting and secure relationship with them.