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March 3, 2025 38 mins

What happens to your children when you separate?

Is there a perfect way to ensure they are not scarred by the breakup? This week on The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast we welcome back our Child Psychologist Expert Dr Deirdre Brandner to talk more about separation and divorce. She answers the key questions separating parents have, to ensure their child or children thrive and not just survive separation and divorce.


We discuss:

- What the ideal custody situation for children is

- When do you need to worry about your child and how they are handling divorce

- What the term “child focused” means in a separation- How to navigate blended families through separation and divorce?

- What is the best living situation 

- How to break holiday up between parents

- How to help a child going between homes

- How do you handle sporting events / birthday parties when it is not your weekend

- How phone calls should be handled when a child is staying with the other parent

- How to support your child if they don't want to go to the other parents house

- Who decides where a child should live- How to talk to the child about separation and divorce

 - How does one parent keeping the family home impact the child

- Best approach for big family celebrations, holidays, Christmas

- How to support a child if one parent needs to move interstate

- Should siblings stay together or be split 

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