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Separation is never easy on the children

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 18, 2008
  • | CYP Now
One of the major changes in the family landscape over the past 20 years has been the rise in the numbers of children and young people growing up in households affected by separation or divorce.

It's time to respect children's rights

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 17, 2009
  • | CYP Now
You wait ages for one 20th anniversary, then three come along at once. We've just marked the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 1989 Children Act. And this week it is 20 years since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child came into existence.

Policy into practice Separation and divorce

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, December 8, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The issue: For a child, one of the most difficult things to deal with is your parents splitting up. Having their secure environment shattered by the separation of the two people with whom they have developed the closest of bonds can have a serious impact on a child's emotional wellbeing. For some it creates long-term trauma that can take many years to get over.