As a mother..

As a mother we tend to hide what we are going through for the sake of the kids, but that will lead the kids into ignorance. You have  to use discretion though because they can't know everything. Sometimes in telling children things that they are not prepared to accept or hear,can make them confused and they can even end up turning on you,with too much information or not enough information. Its hard to make that call as to what to tell them and what not to tell them. Be prepared for the after effects of the truth. The truth is good, but when its told when someones mind is not mature enough to comprehend, that can lead to so many other problems.
Being once a child I know that children do not think about their mother's feelings not nearly as much as there own. And as a mother I learned that my own children view me the same way. As if I don't feel, as if I don't cry, as if I hadn't endured things. Sometimes they even see me as not knowing about life. Children also see the picture, but they didn't see what I had to go through to get that picture.
As a mother I learned that my children won't understand what it is like to be a parent, until they become one themselves.