Providing helpful tips and hints on reducing conflict and building a workable relationship with the other parent for the benefit of the kids. Includes suggestions about making a parenting plan. [Full Details]
Author: Child Support Agency
URL:http://www.csa.gov.au/publications/pdf/1229.pdf
Commonwealth of Australia
Publication
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A brochure that explains the services provided by Mensline. [Full Details]
Author: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
URL:http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/www/agd/rwpa
Factsheet
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Deciding when & how to tell your children that you and their other parent are separating is difficult. This factsheet gives some tips for handling this. [Full Details]
Author: Chatfirst
URL:http://www.chatfirst.com.au/parents/03_1_tellingch
Helping separated parents deal with emotional issues such as anxiety, with suggestions and resources for dealing with them. [Full Details]
URL:http://www.csa.gov.au/publications/pdf/1144.pdf
Guide
If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs someone to talk to you can call the Kids Help Line. Kids Helpline is an Australia wide phone counselling service for young people aged 5-25 on a wide range of issues, including bullying, family and fr... [Full Details]
Author: Australian Institute of Family Studies
URL:http://www.aifs.gov.au/nch/resources/crisis.html
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A brochure that explains family counselling and how to access it. [Full Details]
Author: Attorney-General's Department
URL:http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/www/agd/fami
This guide was developed especially to answer some of the questions and issues young people often raise when their family is separating. [Full Details]
URL:http://www.youth.csa.gov.au/index.aspx
From the resource called Family Separation - a guide for teens. Covers the most common changes and ideas for handling them. [Full Details]
URL:http://www.youth.csa.gov.au/change/index.aspx
For children - there is a lot to deal with when you change schools. Get help with it all. [Full Details]
URL:http://www.chatfirst.com.au/kids/07_1_changingscho
Information about how professional counselling may help individuals and families deal with issues and come to agreement. [Full Details]
Author: Victoria Legal Aid
URL:http://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/1238.htm