Useful books and helpful contacts

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

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 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

November 2008