If you and your partner have decided to separate, it can be hard to deal with, especially if you have children. Everyone handles with separation differently but there are some things you can try to make the separation easier for you and your children.
See it differently help you to look forward at ways to improve communication.
Understanding your relationships from Togetherness is a free online course available to Wirral parents that offers expert advice and guidance on communication, coping with our feelings, conflict and ways to resolve issues. Further information on the other courses on offer can be found here Solihull Approach course library , for free access enter your Wirral postcode and code Mersey.
Gingerbread is a charity for single parents and they have many useful articles that you can read through to help you through your separation.
Family Lives is a website offering free and confidential information and advice on all aspects of family life including child development, issues with schools, parenting and relationship support, aggression in the home, bullying, teenage risky behaviour, and mental health concerns of both parents and their children.
If you need some extra support through the separation and divorce process before reaching court, use the following webpage for advice and guidance:
Advice Now ~ help to deal with family problems
Sorting out where your little one will live during the separation process can be hard.
NSPCC~ Understanding parental rights and responsibilities
Advice Now ~ Child arrangements
Making Child arrangements and further guidance can be found on GOV.UK ~Making child arrangements if you divorce or separate
Free Smarter Start to Separate Checklist from Separate Space which includes tips on talking to children about separation and divorce
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Family Rights Group is a national charity that advises parents, grandparents, relatives and friends about their rights and options when social workers or courts make decisions about their children’s welfare. Working with parents whose children are in need, at risk or are in the care system and with wider family members and friends who are raising children (known as kinship carers).
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Both Parents Matter is a national charity dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to maintain meaningful relationships with both parents and their wider family after separation.
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Please join Both Parents Matter each month in Liverpool for face-to-face meetings supporting families through various challenges.
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Cafcass stands for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. Cafcass represents children in family court cases in England. They independently advise the family courts about what is safe for children and in their best interests. Putting children’s needs, wishes and feelings first, making sure that their voices are heard at the heart of the family court setting.
Visit OrganisationWhen thinking about how to support your child through your separation or divorce:
What are you already doing that you want to carry on doing?
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