Parental divorce is a huge trauma for the child’s psyche. When mom and dad break up, children experience a whole range of negative emotions: anger, anxiety, sadness, resentment, disappointment, guilt and fear. In difficult life situations, it is especially important for a child to have the closest people nearby and support him. During a divorce, children most of all need both parents, and adults are sometimes busy only with their own experiences and difficulties. A family for any person, be it a child or an adult, is needed to satisfy the most basic needs: love, acceptance, safety. And when a family collapses, the sense of stability and security is destroyed, and the feeling of being needed and important to loved ones is lost. Adults have just finished their story, which once began, they already have experience of life before marriage, they were once separate people from each other. The child does not have such experience, mom and dad are a single and indivisible whole for him and he must build his idea of ​​family, relationships and his place in them from scratch. How to help your baby get through this difficult period?1. It is very important for the child to talk about what is happening in the family. It is better for the parents to do this together, when you can find sufficient time to talk. The preferred time is morning or weekend afternoon. The child should take away from this conversation that the feelings between mom and dad have been lost, but they will forever remain his parents. 2. It is important to tell the child how his life will now go: where mom and dad will live, where he will live, when he will meet his parent, with whom he will spend his vacation, how he will receive pocket money, etc. You must make it clear to the child as much as possible that the divorce concerns the parents, and his life remains without significant changes.3. Whatever the reasons for divorce, it is important for the child’s psychological well-being to be able to love both parents. If your negative feelings towards your partner prevail, contact a family psychologist who will help you build a relationship and find the strength to survive the divorce. The main mistakes of parents: 1. The desire to shift the blame for the divorce onto the partner; 2. Criticism and insults of a partner when communicating with a child; 3. Asking the child for details of another family;4. Accusing the child of being similar to the partner in a negative way;5. Obstacle in communication between a child and a parent;6. Desire to take on the role of two parents;7. The desire to shift the role of the partner to the child (for example, telling your son that you are now the man in the family, instead of the dad). Remember, everything that happens during a divorce is the business of adults. It is very important to give the child the feeling that no matter what happens between the parents, mom and dad will always love him.