Michelle Keegan Quotes

In my own life, my parents divorced when I was young. I lived with my dad, not with my mum, after they got divorced. And it's been part of my life.

I had what you could call a chaotic childhood. My parents divorced when I was 2; I went back and forth between my mom's and dad's houses for years. But, you know, my parents tried to do the right thing. As crazy as everything was, and as much fighting and everything, there was always a feeling of support from them.

I think the key for a child to do well in a divorce is, very simply, you have to be honest with them.

My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.

My own parents divorced when I was six. I was raised with my brother Joel by our mother on the East Coast, visiting my father in Los Angeles during holidays. When your parents are divorced, you don't know anything else, do you?

And my parents' separation was tricky. But my mum had always been really honest with me, and treated me like an adult even when I was really young, so I knew they hadn't been getting on.

From a child's point of view, there is rarely a great time for parents to separate, even if there has been a lot of commotion and fighting.

Like all kids with divorced parents, I have an abundance of holidays.

My parents divorced when I was six but stayed close.

It does hurt that your parents are not together and they are fighting. Looking back, I grew up a little quicker than I would have normally. I spent half the week with my mom and half with my dad.

I don't like feeling vulnerable. I think my mum and dad's divorce affected me more than I let on.

I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced.

Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated.

I was six when my parents divorced, and that was tough for me.

My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.

As a parent, I can empathize with how difficult raising children can be. There are challenges, especially within the framework of divorce, when parental guilt can sometimes blur what should be the best decision.

Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise?

I was so tiny when my parents split up that I can't remember them ever being together. That was never an issue, as I guess I never went through the trauma of them splitting up.

I am a step mother, so how children deal with divorce is something I've witnessed first hand and thought about a lot.

My parents split up when I was 3 years old, and I lived with my mother.

I had a somewhat frenetic childhood because my mum and dad split up when I was five, and then my mum remarried.

It's not that, you know, when a relationship doesn't work and there are issues, you have to somehow work it out if there are children involved.

When your parents divorce, it makes you grow up fast. I'd urge parents to strongly consider working things out. I'd work things out and I'd definitely stay put.

As a kid, I always went to therapists; the first time was when my parents were separated on my sixth birthday, then on and off since then.

My parents' marriage was already shaky when I came along. They split up when I was five, and I didn't see Dad all that often after that - four or five times a year.