Tonight at 6:30p HBO debuts the documentary
Don’t Divorce Me! Kids’ Rules for Parents on Divorce and every parent needs to watch it. Whether you are already divorced, thinking about getting one or you are happily married, you need to watch this because the doc let’s the kids tell their stories what it is like to be the children of divorce. It is their perspective on the issue and only theirs.
We all know someone who has gotten divorced and how the kids have suffered from it, but since we are the adults we don’t concentrate on their needs. This documentary is the kids’ experiences in their own words. How it hurts them that their parents are no longer together. That they feel it is their fault their parents broke up. How they hate to travel long distances to be with the other parent. How they hate when their parents put them in the middle of the fight. How they don’t feel that they are loved as much as after their parents divorce. But isn’t only their words that show what they go through, it is their sad faces that tell the true story.
I am single with no kids, but I have seen some of my friends really f*ck up their kids with their divorce. So much so that I called all of them and said you have to watch this. Divorce is not easy on the adult, and sometime they forget how hard it is on their kids. This special will make them stop and think how they are handling it. It will also show them that kids know more than the you think when it comes to the situation.
Kudos to Rosie O’Donnell and Amy Schatz for coming up with this poignant documentary and HBO for airing it. In a society where most marriages end in divorce, it is about time we heard from the kids and how it effects them. And it’s about time the parents got schooled by the kids on how divorce impacts them.
Since this is an HBO special, it will re-air several times in case you miss the premiere. Below are the other times for when this important documentary will air and on what network you can see it on. So mark down the times and let every parent you know that they have to watch this special. It really is one of the most important 30 minutes that any parent can ever watch.
Other HBO playdates: Sept. 26 (7:30 a.m.) and 30 (1:30 p.m.), and Oct. 13 (8:00 a.m.), 19 (8:00 a.m.) and 25 (6:00 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Sept. 25 (6:00 a.m.) and Oct. 9 (7:30 a.m.), 18 (7:00 a.m.) and 27 (6:00 a.m.)
HBO Family playdates: Sept. 23 (6:30 p.m., 3:25 a.m.), 26 (3:30 p.m.) and 29 (noon) and Oct. 4 (2:45 p.m.), 9 (9:00 p.m.), 14 (1:40 a.m.), 17 (3:30 p.m.), 20 (6:30 p.m.) and 29 (1:35 p.m., 5:25 a.m.)
