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There are many resources for parents who are separating on the Resolution website, including a page listing lots of other resources for children and parents.

An excellent starting point is the Resolution Parenting through Separation section. There is also a booklet you can download or order it for £5.

The website of Christina McGhee, an American “divorce coach”, is a useful resource, although her website is geared to the US audience.

Youth Hostels in England and Scotland are cheap family-friendly places to stay when taking children to see things on weekends or holidays. Static caravan sites which rent out caravans for weekends can be excellent places to take children because they tend to have playgrounds and 10mph speed limits and are very safe for children, for example for the parent who moved out and is temporarily living in a friend’s spare room.

CAFCASS has information for parents and children on its website including a PDF version of the “Parenting Plan” booklet .

If you cannot agree, mediation is an inexpensive way to find solutions outside the court system and it is particularly suitable to resolve issues about children.

18 January 2024 by Andrea Woelke