Putting Children First

The Centre for Separated Families today published a survey suggesting that more than 20 million people – a third of the UK population – live with the direct effects of divorce or separation, either because their parents had separated or because they had separated from a partner with whom they had had children. The survey also found that only a third of those affected by separation have received professional advice, mostly from solicitors (how many more if legal aid was more widely available?).

The survey coincides with the publication of "Putting Children First: A Handbook for Separated Parents", whose authors both work at the Centre for Separated Families. The book "offers child focused strategies for building a co-operative parenting relationship after family separation, focussing on the most difficult issues". It has already received five star reviews on Amazon, and looks like a good recommendation for clients with children, especially if both parents are prepared to read it.