As we've all heard so many times, telling your children that you're getting divorced is one of life's most difficult, heart wrenching experiences and often leaves parents feeling like they have failed their children and set them up for a dismal future.  Not true.  What so many parents fail to appreciate is the fact that they may have been doing a wonderful job up until this point of preparing their children for coping with life's ups and downs and that this is an opportunity to model resiliency for them on a major scale.  Though of course there is little one can do to fully prepare a child for the breakup of their parents or to make it a pain free experience, there is much good parenting to be done all along the way that will later serve as "protective factors" to help see your child through life's toughest storms.  Especially after a divorce, it is never too late to re-prioritize your children and make sure that you are physically and emotionally available to them and that they are invested in the world around them.  Read below to learn what you can be dong to ensure that your child develops the confidence that we all require to help us cope with the curve balls of life.