June’s feature article in the Irish Independent was all about the upside of family downtime.

This week’s query to the Irish Independent was about coming to terms with a separation and the impact on a five year old boy. If you click on the highlighted question you can read my response in full. The question was: How do we get our son to accept that his parents have separated?

My latest Q&A in the Irish Independent deals with the difficulties children can experience when their parents enter into new relationships after a separation. How can I help my daughter cope with my ex’s new family?