1. Knowledge
  2. »
  3. Separation
  4. »
  5. About the child

About the child

Your children's well-being is often a major concern. Here you can read about how to best support them through the separation.

Barn håller förälder i handen
About Your Child
Separation

Give Your Child Hope!

When life is tough, it’s especially important for us as parents to gather ourselves amidst all the difficulties and give our children hope. By conveying hope, we show our children that we a...
Två barn sätter upp en tavla med sin förälder omgivna av flyttkartonger.
About Your Child
Separation

About the Home – Making Your Child Feel at Home

Often, our homes become smaller when we separate, but the most important thing for children is that they feel at home and welcome. Whether the separation is happening now or has been some t...
Avtryck i sanden efter barn och vuxens hand.
About Your Child
Coparenting
Separation

When a Parent Disappears from a Child’s Life

The risk of disappearing from a child’s life after a divorce is higher if you haven’t been involved in the child’s daily life while living together. For instance, if you h...
Tolvårigt barn kramar sin pappa som hon längtat efter.
About Your Child
Separation

Children Who Miss Their Parents

It’s common for children with two homes to miss their parents. However, the extent to which children express their feelings varies. Strong emotions like longing and missing can lead t...
Flickgymnast anstränger sig hårt under en uppvisning.
About Your Child
Separation

When Children Are Functioning “Extra Well”

Children cope with parents’ separation in different ways. Sometimes by becoming extra responsible and diligent. But here you can learn more about what you need to consider as a parent...
Fundersam pojke tänker på annat än skolboken som ligger framför honom.
About Your Child
Separation

If Schoolwork Is Affected

Changes at home can affect a child’s ability to concentrate and learn. When the focus should be on the multiplication table, a previous conversation between the parents may be distrac...
Blond flicka tittar åt sidan och håller för sin mun med handen.
About Your Child
Separation

Children Who Become Silent or Withdraw

En del barn delger inte omvärlden så mycket om sina tankar och känslor. Det kan stressa föräldrar som är oroliga för att barnet inte mår bra. Men det finns sätt att stötta tysta barn och hj...
Tonårstjej går bakom tre tonårskillar
About Your Child
Separation

Teenagers Need Special Attention from Both Parents

A parental separation can cause teenage children to run away from home and spend more time away than at home. But teenagers need boundaries and secure parents just as much before and after...
Pojke är arg och visar tänderna.
About Your Child
Separation

Children’s Anger and Tantrums

Do you notice your child is getting angrier more often since the separation? Maybe they are having tantrums more now? It is common. Here, child psychologist Malin Bergström talks more about...
Liten flicka äter mat och funderar på vad som händer.
About Your Child
Separation

Food, Sleep, and Physical Symptoms

There are various signs to look out for regarding a child’s wellbeing, especially after a separation. Perhaps the child is having difficulty sleeping or has lost their appetite. There...

This website uses cookies

Cookies ("cookies") consist of small text files. The text files contain data which is stored on your device. To be able to place some type of cookies we need your consent. We at Happy Parents AB, corporate identity number 559197-1717 use these types of cookies. To read more about which cookies we use and storage duration, click here to get to our cookiepolicy.

Manage your cookie-settings

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies are cookies that need to be placed for fundamental functions on the website to work. Fundamental functions are for instance cookies that are needed for you to use menus and navigate the website.

Statistical cookies

To know how you interact with the website we place cookies to collect statistics. These cookies anonymize personal data.