Emotional

Address the emotional challenges of separation and co-parenting, including managing stress, maintaining your wellbeing, and supporting your children through change.

Checklist: Protect Your Child from Effects of Separation

The breakdown of a relationship can be tough for both you and your ex, but separation can have devastating effects on your children, too. As their dad, you c...

Checklist: the Emotional Stages After Separation

Whether you or your partner initiated the separation, breaking up is never an easy thing to do, especially when there are children involved. Even if it was y...

Dating As A Separated Dad

One thing most men find when they’re single again is that it’s a big, scary dating world out there. Without them realising it, the rules seem to have cha...

Dealing With Being Alone

One of the hardest aspects of no longer living with your family is finding yourself suddenly alone. Even if you have a good support network of family and fri...

Ex Partners and Parental Alienation Syndrome

At its heart, Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) is where one parents attempts to turn the children against the other parent. Where divorces are less than am...

How a Separated Father Can Move on

Let’s start this by saying you never move on from your kids. They will bring you joy and grief and sleepless nights as they grow, whether you live with the...

How a Separation Can Affect a Child's Self-esteem

When parents choose to split up, they obviously worry about the impact their separation will have on their child. Children inevitably suffer when Mummy and D...

Maintain a Bond When Visitation Rights are Infrequent

One of the most heartbreaking things that can happen is for a divorced or separated father to only have infrequent in-person contact with his kids. Where a c...

Support for Separated Dads

As anyone experiencing it can tell you, being a separated dad is far from easy. There are issues to deal with, whether they’re emotional, legal or Financia...

Talking to Kids About Your Separation From Them

Separating from your partner is a hugely traumatic experience not just for you, but also for your children. They’ve been used to having two parents around,...

Talking to Your Child About You Having More Children

You can be the best parent in the world and keep a close bond with your kids after separation. They might even love your new partner, and thoroughly enjoy sp...

The Psychological Effect of Separation on Children

When parents are separating, one thing uppermost in the minds of both parties is how it will affect their children. Although around one-third of marriages en...

Understanding Depression in a Child

When a child appears sad or unhappy, it’s easy to dismiss it as “just a phase”. But when a child appears to be habitually depressed, characterised by f...

When Your Ex Gets a New Partner

It can be hard enough to maintain a good relationship with your children if there's just a limited amount of time you can spend with them. It never feels lik...