Parenting through separation: putting your children first

Parenting through Separation will provide you with access to information and support that will help you throughout your parenting journey, through separation, divorce and beyond. We want you to feel supported, reassured and understand that you are not alone.

It will help you:

• make decisions and choose solutions
• consider better ways of communicating to reduce conflict
• understand things from your child’s, and your ex-partner’s, point of view
• recognise how your child’s emotions affect their behaviour
• find professionals, organisations and information to help you

We can’t promise it has all the answers you seek, but we hope it will provide you with helpful information on how to find a constructive way forward at whatever stage you are on your journey.

Read the guide online

You can read the guide online  and we have reproduced some of the signposting information for you to click through to.

Buy a copy of the guide in print

We recognise that reading on a screen on a phone or a laptop can be stressful and our aim is to help you stop, reflect and think positively about your future.

We have worked hard on the layout of the guide to make it as accessible as possible and you might find it better to read it when you have a quiet moment.

You don’t need to read it all at once. Dip into it and read as much as you need to, or feel you can absorb.

click here to buy a printed copy.

Who are we?

Resolution is group of family justice professionals – lawyers, mediators, financial advisers, therapists and coaches – who work with families and individuals to resolve issues in a constructive way.

The Parenting After Parting Committee who produced this guide are a group of members who are passionate about helping families to navigate the challenges of parenting in the wake of separation in the best way possible for their children. We know that divorce or separation can be very difficult. But, when parents learn to work together to support their children, this leads to outcomes that are better not only for children, but also for parents themselves.

Our vision is of a world where families facing difficult change are supported so they can achieve child-focused solutions and for conflict to be taken out of family law disputes.

Want to find out more?

Before you start, have a listen to our podcast with members Marcie Shaoul, Claire Colbert and Adèle Ballantyne talking about the Guide.

Watch a short film we made  that reveals five great ways parents can put their children first during a divorce or separation.