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How to lessen the pain of divorce for your children

When parents decide to separate, their children's lives are changed forever. This sensitive, accessible guide includes clear advice and guidance on how to minimise the impact on your children.
It includes:
An explanation of the age-specific issues that children face when they find out their family is breaking up
Professional comments, and stories and quotes from children
Practical checklists and case studies

Acknowledging the personal difficulties faced by the adult who has made the decision to leave, as well as the adult who has been left, this book is for all parents going through a divorce or separation who are concerned for their children.

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Children of all ages can be devastated by the news that their parents are splitting up. Even those who have been living in a highly conflictual situation are often shocked by their parents' final decision to separate. For most children, separation means major changes to family life and often losing a parent. The long-term impacts of divorce are now widely recognised with increasing chances of problems at school, criminal behaviour, problems in their own relationships and mental illness. This guide will provide you with clear advice and guidance on how to minimise the impact of your relationship breakdown on your children. Including: - An explanation of the age-specific issues that children face when they find out their family is breaking up - Professional comment, stories and quotes from children - Checklists and case studies. cknowledging the personal difficulties faced by the adult who has made the decision to leave, as well as the adult who feels they are being abandoned, this sensitive, accessible guide is a must for all parents going through divorce or separation who are concerned for their children.

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Paula Hall is an Accredited Sexual and Relationship Psychotherapist, experienced in working with couples, families, individuals and young people, and has been a Relate counsellor for over twelve years. She currently works for Relate as a young people’s and family counsellor and also works in private practice. She provides regular professional comment on divorce, separation and young people’s issues to the national press, ю women’s magazines, teenage magazines, websites, national and local radio and television, and runs her own website: www. FamilyTherapyOnline. co. uk

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements vi

Introduction 1

PART I The Decision to Separate 3

CHAPTER 1 Facing the Finality of Separation 5
CHAPTER 2 You and Your Feelings 19
CHAPTER 3 Breaking the News 37
CHAPTER U How Children React 55

PART II Helping Children through Separation 67

CHAPTER 5 Coping with the Fallout 69
CHAPTER 6 Agreeing New Living Arrangements 83
CHAPTER 7 Managing Leaving Day 95
CHAPTER 8 Establishing and Maintaining New Routines 107

PART III Parenting Together when Living Apart 123

CHAPTER 9 Overcoming Parenting Problems 125
CHAPTER 10 New Partners 141
CHAPTER 11 When Your Ex Won’t or Can’t Co-operate 153
CHAPTER 12 Financial and Legal Issues' 163

Conclusion 177
Resources 179
Index 183