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icon - separation large Sadly, there are around 150,000 - 200,000 relationship breakdowns involving children each year. Many dads are at risk of losing contact with their children as a result.

Divorce or separation have a huge emotional impact on adults but the long term effects on children can be even more alarming. As a parent, you can make the right kind of choices that will lessen the impact on your children and ensure that you can have a positive ongoing relationship with them.

This section will help you navigate your way through the issues you're likely to face... looking at where you stand in relation to the law, how to make things work for you and your children and how to handle some of the problems that you might encounter along the way.

Law and rights Making it work

Troubleshooting

Ten golden rules to protect your child from the effects of separation

parents arguing When parents separate, the effects on children can be devastating. As a dad, you can make choices that limit the damage and help your child adjust to the new situation. We suggest ten golden rules to follow to protect them from the worst of it.

Being a separated dad

No father wants to be separated from his kids. But, as single-parent families become more common, millions of dads now live apart from their children. Luckily, with a little common sense and compromise from you and your ex, you can still have a great time with your kids.

Divorce: Your action plan

The realisation that your marriage is over is very painful. It can be accompanied by high levels of conflict and mistrust. When you decide to divorce, you both need to make sensible decisions in order to minimise the impact on your children. We take you through the divorce process.