Useful books and helpful contacts
Books for adults
Divorce and your children - Anne Hooper
Parent Problems: children’s views on life after parents have split up - Bren Neale and Amanda Wade
Parent Problems: looking back at our parents’ divorce - Bren Neale and Amanda Wade
Breaking up without Cracking Up - Christopher Compston
The Which? Guide to Divorce - Imogen Clout
Dad’s Place: A New Guide for Fathers after Divorce - Jill Burrett
A Journey Through Single Parenting - Jill Worth and Christine Tufnell
Surviving the Break up - Judith Wallerstein and Joan Kelly
Lost Children: a Guide for Separating Parents - Penny Cross
The Family Through Divorce - Roger Bamber and Janet Reibstein
Helping Children Cope with Divorce - Rosemary Wells
Relate guide to second families: living successfully with other people’s children - Suzie Hayman
Handbook of Separation and Divorce - Wendy Mantle
People Skills - Robert Bolton
Getting to Yes - Fisher and Ury
Books for children
Dinosaurs Divorce - Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
When Mum and Dad Split Up (Little Wise Guides) -Lesley Ely
Is this a Daddy Sunday? - Steve Ann Henshall
Two of Everything - Babette Cole
Since Dad Left - Caroline Binch
The Suitcase Kid - Jacqueline Wilson
The Bed and Breakfast Star - Jacqueline Wilson
Two Homes - Claire Masurel Kady MacDonald Denton
Where has Daddy Gone? - Trudy Osman
Mrs Vole the Vet - Allan Ahlberg
How do I feel about – My Stepfamily - Julie Johnson
How do I feel about – My parents’ divorce - Julia Cole
Ben’s Story - Linda Wyon,
Charlie Anderson - Barbara Abercrombie
Ms Cliff the Climber - Allan Ahlberg
My Stepfamily - Rosemary Stones
Help Hope and Happiness – a self fhelp guide written by a 10 year old - Libby Rees
For more help and advice
For lone parents and their children
One Parent Families
helpline: 0800 0185026
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For all the family including stepfamilies
Parentline Plus
helpline: 0808 800 2222
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Relate
tel: 0845 456 1310
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For children
NCH
tel: 020 7704 7000
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Childline
helpline: 0800 1111
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Young Voice
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For grandparents
Grandparents' Association
helpline: 0845 4349585
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For fathers
Families Need Fathers
helpline: 08707 607 496
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For mothers apart from their children
MATCH
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Contact centres
National Association of Child Contact Centres
tel: 0845 4500 280
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With thanks to Family Law in Partnership www.flip.co.uk







