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What Kids Need Most When Parents Divorce, with Michelle Dempsey-Multack, MSEd
Apr 02, 2026
Youā€™re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today weā€™re talking about one of the hardest family transitions to navigate with kids: divorce.
In this episode, Iā€™m joined by Michelle Dempsey-Multack, and weā€™re digging into what it really looks like to take a child-first approach when parents separate. We talk about how to tell kids about divorce in a way that is honest, clear, and age-appropriate, what kids actually need in those early conversations, and how to support them without putting them in the middle.
We also get into the long game of co-parenting: how to stay grounded when emotions are high, how to avoid making kids the messengers or collateral, and what it means to build a ch...
