Checklist: Separating With Children
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Separating with children? A checklist of what to sort out first: where everyone lives, the schedule, handovers, money, sick days, and what to tell the kids.
Co-parenting after a separation
How do you continue co-parenting after the separation? We have the articles to help you find the right way forward.
Tough Questions From Your Child – How Do You Respond?
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What to say when your child asks if you still love each other, or who wanted the divorce. Example answers to six tough questions, from a child psychologist.
How to Tell Others About Your Separation
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Agreeing on a shared message about your separation can feel awkward, but it means you back each other up publicly — even if you feel deeply betrayed inside (that's okay). Here are tips for simple, clear communication that reassures your children and you.
How to Talk to Your Children About Your Separation
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Telling your children about a separation is hard. Child psychologist Malin Bergström on when to tell them, what to say and how to handle the days after.
When a Parent Disappears from a Child’s Life
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When a parent disappears from a child's life, the child still needs answers. Child psychologist Malin Bergström on how to talk about an absent parent.
When Kids Favor One Parent
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It is common for a child to prefer one parent, and it is usually a phase. Why it happens, and what helps both the favorite and the left-out parent.
When Your Child Ignores You or Turns to the "Wrong" Parent
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If your child ignores you or only wants the other parent, it's usually a way of coping — not rejection. A child psychologist explains how to respond.
How to Introduce a New Partner to Your Child
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When should a new partner meet your children? Advice on timing, telling your co-parent first, keeping the focus on your child, and how bonus families work.
Benefits of Every-Other-Week Living for Children
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Is living every other week good for children? The upsides kids themselves mention: more time with both parents, more adults around, and a calmer home.
The Child Comes First
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How do you put your child first when your own life is in crisis? Child psychologist Malin Bergström on acknowledgment, hope, and staying a parenting team.
How to Support Your Child Through a Separation
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Child psychologist Malin Bergström shares simple ways to support your child through a separation: closeness, cozy moments, laughter and steady routines.
How to Build Trust With Your Child
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Your child needs to know they can come to you with anything. How to build trust, listen without defending yourself, and talk about their other parent.
How to Help Your Child Build Resilience
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How to strengthen your child's resilience: what it is, and how trust, support and age-appropriate involvement help children cope with big changes.
Do You Need to Step Up or Let Go of Control?
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After a separation, one parent — often the mother — carries most of the practical responsibility for the children, while the other feels their way of caring isn't fully trusted. Rebalancing that takes real effort: one of you may need to step up, and the other to let go.
A New Kind of Parenting - Ideally as a Team
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You don't have to parent the same way to parent well together. What helps your child most is mutual respect, a healthy distance, and a few shared ground rules — so everyone knows roughly what applies in both homes.
How to Build a Co-parenting Team
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Build a co-parenting team after separation: why your different strengths help your child, and how neutral, correct and friendly contact keeps the peace.
Why Parental Cooperation Is Important
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Parental cooperation after a separation gives the child security. How to become a parenting team with your co-parent, and what your child gains from it.
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