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How to talk to your kids about separating and managing the change

The Conversation · 🇦🇺 public Australia · · 963 words · By Jaimie Northam
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What to know about How to talk to your kids about separating and managing the change

The article provides practical advice and strategies for parents who are separating, focusing on how to communicate the change to children and maintain stability. It offers guidance on co-parenting, safety in violent relationships, and lists professional resources for mental health support.

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What happened

If you’ve decided to separate from your partner, and you have kids together, it’s normal to worry about the potential impact on them.

Why it matters

Although some studies have shown a higher risk of mental health problems for children of divorced parents, separation is not inherently harmful.

Common ground

And if the household has a lot of tension and conflict, evidence shows “staying together for the kids” can actually be worse for their mental health and wellbeing.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

The article provides practical advice and strategies for parents who are separating, focusing on how to communicate the change to children and maintain stability. It offers guidance on co-parenting, safety in violent relationships, and lists professional resources for mental health support.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Evidence-based online parenting programs, such as Triple P for Family Transitions and Parentworks can also help”
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Web search results confirm that Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) offers a 'Family Transitions' online program and that both Triple P and Parentworks are cited as evidence-based programs to help with separation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Parents of teens up to 16 years. Parents of children with a disability. Triple P Online (TPOL) — a broad-based parenting intervention involving eight 1-hour online modules that parents complete indepe…
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/partners/triple-p-positive-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — Evidence-based online parenting programs, such as Triple P for Family Transitions and Parentworks can also help you build skills for responding to difficult behaviours in your child and reduce parenta…
https://theconversation.com/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Triple P (Positive Parenting Programme) launches Family Transitions Online to help families experiencing distress from separation which may be impacting their parenting.
https://www.triplep.uk.net/uken/stories/triple-p-launches-fa…
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Claim 2: “In an emergency, call triple 0.”
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Wikipedia and ACMA explicitly confirm that 000 (triple zero) is the primary emergency telephone number for Australia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Triple Zero (000) is the primary emergency telephone number for Australia and its External Territories. Calls to Triple Zero from the Australian mainland are initially answered by Telstra, then transf…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list contains selected positive numbers in increasing order of magnitude, including counts of things, dimensionless quantities, and probabilities. Each number is given a name in the short scale, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Australian vehicle registration plates, or number plates, and license plates are issued by state, territory, and Commonwealth governments, and the armed forces of Australia. The plates are associated…
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Claim 3: “Online tools such as the Growing Minds Australia Check-In can be a good place to start”
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Multiple web sources confirm that Growing Minds Australia has a 'check-in' online universal screening tool for child mental health.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts as Sahul (), Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, or Meganesia to distinguish it from the country of Australia, is located within the So…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Criminal Minds is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. The band is currently a core duo of original members Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (guitar), augmented by guest musicians. Not…
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Claim 4: “The Raising Children’s Networks resources for talking to children and managing new living arrangements”
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Wikipedia confirms that the Raising Children Network operates an Australian website funded by the government to provide educational tools and resources for families raising children.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Raising Children Network operates the Australian website raisingchildren.net.au launched in 2006. It is funded by the Australian Government as a means to produce and maintain educational tools and res…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Children_Network
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Parenting or child rearing promotes and supports the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and educational development from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a chi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Children's Miracle Network (CMN) is a nonprofit organization that raises funds for children's hospitals in the U.S. and Canada. Donations support the health of more than 12 million children each year.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Miracle_Network_Hos…
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Claim 5: “Headspace’s supporting a young person through separation”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the existence of this specific resource from Headspace.
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Claim 6: “Two Homes by Claire Masurel or The Invisible String by Patrice Karst”
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Three independent web sources confirm that 'The Invisible String' is written by Patrice Karst and 'Two Homes' is written by Claire Masurel.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1. The Invisible String by Patrice Karst. Divorce book for children.Written for younger children, The Invisible String is a book that acknowledges the fears your children may have about being separate…
https://www.2houses.com/en/blog/the-top-5-books-for-explaini…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1'The Invisible String' by Patrice Karst. Click Here To Buy. One of the toughest parts about divorce is a child missing one of their parents. In The Invisible String, a mother teaches her children tha…
https://www.romper.com/p/13-childrens-books-that-help-kids-u…
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web search NEUTRAL — 4. The Invisible String By Patrice Karst.7. Two Homes By Claire Masurel. There’s no explicit mention of divorce, and negative feelings don’t make an appearance in this book, either.
https://www.purewow.com/books/divorce-books-for-kids
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Claim 7: “some studies have shown a higher risk of mental health problems for children of divorced parents”
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Multiple web search results confirm that children of divorced parents are at a higher risk of mental health problems, with some sources specifying that parental conflict is a primary driver.
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web search NEUTRAL — Children are dependent on parents and disadvantaged during divorce because it is out of their control.1 Herein, we present our observations about children whose parents separated or divorced to increa…
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34860682/
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web search NEUTRAL — A new study finds that children of divorce are more likely to suffer mental health problems — as a result of seeing their parents fight, not from the actual split.
https://studyfinds.com/divorce-children-mental-health/
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web search NEUTRAL — Divorce and the risk of stroke: The health consequences of divorce are many, especially for children caught in the middle of a tumultuous separation of their parents. But, while the mental and emotion…
https://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/children-o…
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Claim 8: “Relationships Australia’s guide to parenting post-separation”
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While search results mention post-separation parenting and Relationships Australia in general contexts, none of the provided evidence explicitly confirms the existence of a specific 'guide to parenting post-separation' published by Relationships Australia.
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web search NEUTRAL — Post-separation parenting arrangements. Patterns and developmental outcomes: Studies of two risk groups. You are in an archived section of the AIFS website.
https://aifs.gov.au/research/family-matters/no-86/post-separ…
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web search NEUTRAL — Post separation parenting. For those parents who are considering that your romantic relationship may be over with their partner and are considering separation post-separation parenting counselling may…
https://personalenrichmentservices.com.au/post-separation-pa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Post-separation parenting apps in the hands of family law practitioners: Expectations versus experience. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 37, Online preview.
https://polis.cass.anu.edu.au/research/projects/post-separat…
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Claim 9: “Effective co-parenting after separation improves mental health outcomes for children and parents.”
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While the general concept of co-parenting is discussed in Wikipedia and other sources, the specific phrasing regarding improved mental health outcomes for both parents and children appears in only one specific web result provided.
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web search NEUTRAL — Co-parenting involves parents who together take on the socialization, care, and upbringing of children for whom they share equal responsibility. The co-parent relationship differs from an intimate rel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coparenting
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web search NEUTRAL — Effective co-parenting after separation improves mental health outcomes for children and parents. Keep communication with your co-parent clear and direct and keep your emotions in check.
https://theconversation.com/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Navigate the complexities of co-parenting while separated under the same roof, embracing essential tips, strategies, and emotional support for smoother family dynamics.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/how-to-coparent-and-be-separ…
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Claim 10: “The National Sexual Assault, Family and Domestic Violence Counselling Line – 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) – is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for any Australian”
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Claim 11: “evidence shows “staying together for the kids” can actually be worse for their mental health and wellbeing”
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Multiple sources indicate that ongoing parental conflict and open disagreements negatively impact children's well-being and academic performance, supporting the idea that staying in a high-conflict environment can be worse than separation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Reassure your children that they are loved and not responsible for the conflict. Model calm, respectful communication whenever possible. When children feel secure and free from adult conflict, they’re…
https://www.fdss.org.nz/children-can-sense-conflict-how-pare…
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web search NEUTRAL — Children are more likely to perceive – and be affected by – open disagreements than parents’ feelings about their marriage. We return to a discussion of the links between parental conflict, children’s…
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2930824/
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web search NEUTRAL — Children's academic performance can be affected by exposure to ongoing conflict. Similar effects are also seen in children who are exposed to ongoing but less intense conflict, compared with children …
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-43486641
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.