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When children live in a alternate living or have parents in separate homes, it impacts both their and the adults' health and well-being in various ways. Here, you can explore the strengths and challenges this lifestyle brings.

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Adults
Health
Separation

Check in with Yourself

When we fly and experience turbulence, everyone knows to put on their own oxygen mask first before helping others. The same principle applies to us parents when things happen in the family....
Barn och förälder förbereder halloween med två andra syskon.
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Children
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Coparenting
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Youth

Advantages of Every Other Week Living for Children

Some adults believe that living alternately is detrimental, but many children who live with both parents under two roofs would disagree. Here, we’ve compiled the benefits of having tw...
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Children
Conflicts
Health

How Do Children Feel When Parents Stop Communicating?

When parents stop communicating, there is always a deep conflict behind it. For the child, it is often extra tough because children need the adults to take responsibility and own the adult...
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About Your Child
Adults
Coparenting
Health

The child comes first!

It is difficult to put the child first when one’s adult life is in crisis and one feels fragile. The starting point for us at Varannan Vecka is, just like for you, that the children a...
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About Your Child
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Conflicts
Cooperation
Health

How does severe parental conflict affect children?

It can be difficult for children to see their parents arguing, as it can make them feel anxious and sad. Children have a great ability to spot conflict and may shout “stop arguing!...
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About Your Child
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Coparenting
Health

How to Support Your Child

It’s often challenging to go through tough changes as an adult and also be a good parent. But there are simple things you can do to help your child feel connected to you. It could be...
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Cooperation
Coparenting

How to Help Your Child Develop Resilience Against Life’s Challenges

How to strengthen your children and equip them for life (with both joy and sorrow) is a central question for most parents. Thoughts about children’s resilience are particularly releva...
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Child
Children
For Children
Health
Youth

“I Feel Safe Having a Big Family in Two Homes”

What’s it like growing up with a two-week rotation life? What’s good about it, and what’s not so fun? We had a chat with Matilda, 18, about her upbringing in two homes wit...

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