Coping with divorce or separation

Talking to young children about divorce and separation

• What to tell the children about divorce or separation 
  Sensible advice on what to tell your children from the Family Lives team.
• Relate has some good suggestions on their website and also runs parent sessions in some areas to help you give age-appropriate information to your child

Practical advice and support for you

• Information about family mediation, custody and child arrangement orders
• Click Online relationship support from experts and the community. Advice and other people’s stories on coping as a single parent, parenting together when you’re separated, telling your children about a new partner and much more
• Divorceaid has lots of recommendations on support for you and your child or children and links to other websites, books and leaflets. 
• Gingerbread supports single-parent families with heaps of practical advice and a section on support for you and your child or children if you’re going through a separation.
  
  

Books

• Living with Mum and Living with Dad; My Two Homes by Melanie Walsh. Excellent for young children.
• The Positive Parenting Project has a list of more books for ages 2-7 years