Practicalities

Master the day-to-day practicalities of separated fatherhood, from establishing routines with your children to managing household tasks independently.

Accidents Happen: What to Do When a Child is Injured

When your child is hurt, your first instinct is to gather them up and hold them close. For parents who are separated, this can be harder as sometimes the inj...

Building a Routine After Separation

When you are going through a separation you are obviously going to be concerned about the effect that it has on your children. Their lives have suddenly been...

Checklist: What You Need in the House for Your Child

When you are used to living in the same house as your child it can be a huge jolt not to see them every day. Obviously, you want to make the most of the time...

Child maintenance: What am I paying for?

What is child maintenance? Child maintenance is the financial support that one parent pays to the other to help with the everyday costs of raising their chil...

Co-Parenting Apps: Which One Should You Use?

Digital tools to help manage shared parenting

Ex Wants to Take Child to Live in an EU Country: What Are My Rights?

People are much more international now. It is not uncommon for people to spend periods of time working abroad or to have relationships with someone from anot...

Holiday Ideas For Dads and Kids

It’s the summer holidays, when the weather is supposed to be good (although, with British summers, there are very few guarantees!). You have annual leave p...

Introducing a New Partner to Your Children

One of the most stressful things you can do as a separated father is to introduce your children to your new partner. You want everyone to like and accept eve...

Living With Your Ex

Living with your ex is a far from ideal situation. It is, however, a reality that more and more people are having to face in this economic climate. The most...

Making a Home Away from Home for Your Child

Your child has been used to the stability and security of the family home, so it is going to feel strange and scary for them to live between two different ho...

Making The Most of Your Time With Your Child

As a separated father, you’ll find that suddenly you have a very limited amount of time with your children. Even if your work schedule only meant that you...

New Partners: How it Feels to Date a Separated Dad

Whether you’re a parent yourself or not, the dating scene can be tricky. And from the point of view of a woman who wants to start dating a separated dad, i...

Organising Christmas Between Two Homes

Christmas is a family time and it is natural that you are going to want to spend it with your child. When you are separated though it becomes a lot more diff...

Planning Children's Parties

Your child’s birthday can be a great opportunity to get creative and have some fun – but it can also bring untold stress. While you may start off ambitio...

Recommended Reading For Separated Dads

From time to time we are asked for details of books and publications related to Separated Dads. Below is some information about books that our website visito...

Requesting Information About Your Pre-School Child: Template

You may find that you are struggling to obtain basic information about your child’s education and general development through their mother and through the...

Staying Involved in a Child's School Activities

As a separated or divorced parent, it’s not always easy to keep up on what’s happening with your children at school. At the best of times kids don’t co...

Things To Do With Your Kids

There's a bleak old image of a divorced father treating his kids to a film on a grey afternoon before shepherding them to a burger bar for a treat, before ta...

When Children Try to Play Parents Against Each Other

When a child sees their parents separate it can be a difficult time for them and they will react in different ways. One common way is to try to play parents...

When Your Ex Emigrates With Your Children

The modern world is getting smaller, with more and more people living and working abroad. It's no surprise that the number of international families is on th...

Writing to Your Child's School or GP for Information: A Template

Unfortunately, some fathers find it really difficult to be able to obtain medical and education information about their child, either from the resident mothe...