I have been married 17 years now and have 2 lovely boys. I have decided to head for a separation n eventually divorce. Any mummies here with tips on how to slowly deal with sharing news with my 2 boys? 1 is 7, other 13...

Read "Putting Children First" Proven Parenting Strategies for helping children thrive through divorce. Basically how long your child suffer depend on how amicable your marriage ended. If it is a high conflict situation, child suffer the most. The book is available in a lot of libraries.