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Welcome to the Forum on the Parent Conection.

This forum is provided for all visitors to theparentconnection.org.uk seeking advice and support from the community in relation to but not limited to parents and couples going through the process of separation or who have separated; and parents wishing to develop a positive parenting relationship after separating. This forum is moderated by a group with backgrounds in family mediation and whose role is to ensure that all visitors to the forum find it a positive experience and are encouraged to return. The moderators will offer advice and support in addition to that provided by the online community, and make visitors to the forum aware of resources that may be useful whilst protecting all visitors from abusive comments or invasions of privacy.

For visitors who may wish to discuss their issue in more depth in a more private setting you can visit the ‘Listening Room’,which will give you the opportunity to offload in a private space. Here you can talk to an online helper, who will help you explore and understand what is going on for you. This is not online conselling but we do know that it often helps to talk it through and may help you take the next step.

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ex partner not biological father

posted 1 day ago

my 15 yr old son has moved in with my ex partner because of a row that could be resolved but my ex has persuaded our 11yr old daughter to go and live with him also... he has just renovated a barn a...

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After Separation

Advice wanted.

posted 1 day ago

When I got pregnant with my chunk, I hadn't been with his dad for very long, and I was using contraception but I'd been taking anti-biotics at the time and so they hadn't worked properly. I knew st...

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After Separation

Please help

posted 2 days ago

As a man i know i have basically no legal rights when it comes to children but can anyone please give me some advice i dont know what to do or who to turn to.... My girlfriend ran away with anot...

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After Separation

Seperating with a 6 month old baby :(

posted 4 days ago

I just wondered if anybody could help me.... I am just going through a seperation with my Daughters Father and I have offered him an afternoon (Which ever suited him Tues or Weds) and 9am-6pm on...

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Separating , After Separation

my boyfreinds ex is trying to take the children

posted 5 days ago

hi my boyfreind has two little boys and his ex is trying to take the kids from him. When they split up the ex left my boyfreind with the children and has not had contact with them. she has suddenly...

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Separating , After Separation

My daughter doesn't want to see her father anymore

posted 6 days ago

My daughter is nearly 13 and hasn't seen her dad for 3 years now, following an incident where he was very drunk in her care. She made the decision not to see him again and I completely agreed that ...

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After Separation

Should I put dad on baby's birth certificate?

posted 6 days ago

My partner and I seperated 5 days ago (our baby's due date) I am now 5 days overdue and wondering whether to put him on the birth certificate when the baby comes. I know that if I put him on ther...

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Separating , After Separation

Trying to help patner with rights

posted 7 days ago

Hi Hope that somebody can help. I am in a relationship with a man who has a baby who is a year old from a previous relationship. They split when she was 5 months old. Upto now he has been see...

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After Separation

advice about alcoholic ex

posted 7 days ago

My Ex is an alcoholic with 2 failed detoxs behind him. He picks up my one year old smelling very strongy of alcohol and shaking . He is never drunk, but must have been drunk the night before. Is t...

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After Separation

Can anybody advise?

posted 8 days ago

I wish I'd found (or even looked for) this site a few months ago. I spilt with my partner at the start of the year, it was mutual and amicable for the sake of our 2 year old daughter. We were not m...

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After Separation

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Ex partner won't speak to to me directly about teenage daughter

posted 28 October 2011 @ 10:12

My ex and I separated five years ago now and my daughter is now 14 and he is still doing my head in - he will never speak directly to me which is fine when its just sorting out arrangements ...but...

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After Separation

fed up !

posted 2 November 2011 @ 18:12

My partner sees the kids ( 9 and 7) every Wednesday 5.00 -6.30 and every other Saturday 9.00 -6.00pm . he is ALWAYS late and turned up today at 5.30pm ! The kids are hungry and he has kept the...

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How do I get started?

posted 9 December 2011 @ 13:15

We have been married for 8 years and have 2 children, aged 4 and 2 years. We have always had a stormy relationship here I have been the noisy angry one and my husband has just walked away and lef...

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Separating

What can I do.

posted 13 December 2011 @ 08:40

I was married to a violent man for 10 years before I got the help I needed to separate. By then my daughter was 9 years old. she is now 16 and I am horrified that she has started a relationship...

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stay or leave ?

posted 19 December 2011 @ 18:13

My partner and I have not been getting on for ages and we decided earler in the year to stay in the same house and live separate lives . I think it is working for him but it is driving me mad a...

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Separating

my boyfreinds ex is trying to take the children

posted 5 days ago

hi my boyfreind has two little boys and his ex is trying to take the kids from him. When they split up the ex left my boyfreind with the children and has not had contact with them. she has suddenly...

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Separating , After Separation

Tell us what you think about this service

posted 23 November 2011 @ 11:50

Be a winner on The Parent Connection. Tell us what you think of the parent connection and be entered into a weekly prize draw to win a £30 high street voucher. Your feedback is important to us in h...

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I feel I've let my daughter down

posted 27 October 2011 @ 15:51

I separated from my wife ten years ago after she discovered my affair of several years. I begged her to let me stay, but she refused and so I left and moved in with the woman I’d been having the af...

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After Separation

My partner's children are badly behaved

posted 27 October 2011 @ 15:45

Hi there, I've been with my partner for 4 years now. He is 10 years older than me and has two kids aged 9 and 14. When we first met things were difficult because of his age and I admitted that ...

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After Separation

Christmas dilemma with daughter's father

posted 27 October 2011 @ 15:43

I have a daughter of 6 from a previous relationship. I have a 3 year old child with my partner now. My 6 year old sees her dad every Friday night. Everything has been fine up until now. Over the p...

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After Separation

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just a next door neighbour ??? !!!

posted 24 November 2011 @ 12:32

me and my hubby split 4 months ago after 14 years no one else was involved. we have 5 year old girl and 11month little boy. My ex moved into his new house about 4 weeks ago i never stopped him seei...

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Separating , After Separation

Please help

posted 2 days ago

As a man i know i have basically no legal rights when it comes to children but can anyone please give me some advice i dont know what to do or who to turn to.... My girlfriend ran away with anot...

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After Separation

its not amicable and getting worse dont know what to do next

posted 5 January 2012 @ 19:50

my husband and i seperated just over 6 months ago its firery between us, i have had to report his sister for harrassment and i keep a journal of his messages and txts and his mum still drives past ...

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Separating

Girlfriend doesn't want her ex to see me with the children

posted 28 October 2011 @ 10:18

My girlfriends ex picks up the kids every saturday from my house and she makes me go out for when he arrives. This really gets to me. She says its to keep things calm but I think its out of order. ...

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fed up !

posted 2 November 2011 @ 18:12

My partner sees the kids ( 9 and 7) every Wednesday 5.00 -6.30 and every other Saturday 9.00 -6.00pm . he is ALWAYS late and turned up today at 5.30pm ! The kids are hungry and he has kept the...

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Haven't seen daughter for nearly 2 years

posted 10 days ago

My partner has been denied access to his daughter for 2 years by his x wife. He has always continued to send cards, texts, messages on facebook but on occasion has recieved what can only be descri...

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After Separation

Ex partner won't speak to to me directly about teenage daughter

posted 28 October 2011 @ 10:12

My ex and I separated five years ago now and my daughter is now 14 and he is still doing my head in - he will never speak directly to me which is fine when its just sorting out arrangements ...but...

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After Separation

Should I leave my husband?

posted 28 October 2011 @ 10:16

Think I got together with my husband for all the wrong reasons ...we met online and were both coming out of crappy relationships ...we moved in together really soon and got married two years ago - ...

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Separating

Can I trust him?

posted 4 January 2012 @ 11:52

My husband says he wants to split but that we should try mediation. I just don't know if can trust him - he's done so many things I never expected, so how can I believe anything he says now? There ...

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Changed access arrangements 3 times

posted 11 days ago

If anyone can provide some useful tips please. My husband decided in November he no longer wanted to be with me anymore. We have 3 children a 13 yr old a 10 yr old and a 3 yr old. Although I was...

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After Separation
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