Magical Thinking: When Children of Divorce Blame Themselves

Written By Rosalind Sedacca — Category: Guest Experts

By Paul Wanio, PhD, LMFT

For children, there is a fine line between fantasy and reality. Their imaginations are very powerful and they may see unreal monsters that live in closets or under beds which inspire real fears. They will also believe that their thoughts can cause real events to happen “magically.”

For example, if a child is angry at one of his/her parents and that parent is hurt or has an accident, the child may feel secretly guilty and responsible for “causing” the accident (or divorce) because of (Continue Reading …)