Hi

 Is there any advice out there about the best way to tell children and how on earth you can maintain their relationship with the leaving parent?

 My partner has left me for another woman - a friend - and is behaving very badly towards me .  She appears committed to our daughter, P, and I want them to have contact but how am I supposed to cope with seeing xp when she visits our daughter?  We are planning to tell P on wednesday and I'm dreading it - I know I will break down and I really want to be strong and not frighten P with my emotions.  XP is ridiculously calm and thinks that everything

No much to report this week, I have spent as much time in the office as possible to avoid her.

This is her 2 week 'holiday', even though she is out of work now. She was going away to family but having fallen out with them all she is back at home. At least I am seeing the children who are being great. Who knows what they make of it all.

Father in law has ben staying this week as well to add to the fun, sharing a room with his daughter (ie stbx). Don't think that is quite normal and what do the children think? Daughter had the 'adult lessons' in phse last term so who knows?

Main issue has