How To Break Up For The Kids

ReeRee Rockette's blog posting on the Huff Post is a very personal appeal that parents' love for their child dictate the new boundaries that need to be established.

"I had no say in how my parents broke our family down; no chance to say it was too loud, too messy and too sore. No way to articulate that ripping the band-aid off in front of me was unfair, and no way of asking them to stop making me lie. So instead, I'm asking on behalf of your children. You can't sugarcoat a family breakdown, but you can be honest and open without exposing them to the true rawness of your own broken hearts.

Don't stay together for the kids, but break up softly for them instead."