WHY
do families break up?

Clear, no-nonsense information about family break up.
This book looks at how some partnerships and marriages can break down, and the effect this can have on the whole family. It explores the emotions felt by everybody involved in the break up, and shows how counselling can help. It explains the effect a break up can have on children, and looks at practical issues, such as where and with whom the child may live. The book concludes by discussing how everyone’s lives eventually settle down, and looks at the happiness that relationships with new step family members can bring. Including case studies and quotes from people with experience of family break up.

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Quarrels and arguments
17 The website of Relate, an organization which provides counselling for couples who are facing problems in their relationships
21 The website of Childline, an organization set up to help children who are concerned about problems such as violence within their family
23 The website of the National Family Mediation service which provides counselling, advice and support to families under stress and in the process of separating
24 Offers helpful advice to families and children coping with divorce and separation
28 A website for children whose families are splitting up, intended to help them understand the situation better
30 Children’s advice to other children going through divorce and separation
37 About single-parent families
42 Information on many aspects of life in a stepfamily