SEPARATION AND CHILDREN

I watched the programme on Cherie Booth (aka Blair) last night and was intrigued by a comment that her father made. He was being quizzed about the effects of his leaving the family to set up home with another woman, when Cherie was only 8 years old. He confessed that he regarded himself as a failure as a father, but asserted that his leaving had probably had a positive effect on Cherie in that it had made her stronger. I wonder…