Resources
Separation and family changes
You can start with the one closest to what you need to look at right now. You don't have to read them all.
What a separation asks of a teen
What your teen goes through when the adults separate, and what they need to get through it without being caught in the middle.
2 min read
How to tell them, and how to keep talking
What to say once the decision is made, what to leave out and how to keep the conversation going in the months that follow.
3 min read
Two homes: routines, rules and transitions
How to organize life between two homes so your teen doesn't feel like they're always just visiting.
3 min read
Caught in the middle: how it happens and the way out
The roles a child ends up filling between two adults in conflict, and how to get them out of there.
3 min read
A new partner and the blended family
How to introduce a partner, what place they can have with a teen and how to look out for those who arrive with a history of their own.
3 min read
The separation is happening to you too: looking at my own part
Your grief, your anger and your exhaustion count too. Taking care of them, without leaning on your teen, is part of supporting them.
2 min read
When you can't reach agreement, or your teen is really struggling
What to do when the conflict doesn't ease, when the other parent isn't around or when there has been violence, and when to ask for help.
4 min read
To go deeper
Raíces is a space for looking at the place that separations, absences and silences have had in your own story.