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A warm welcome to Care for the Family's Support Net - offering free online information, 24 hours a day. Our Support Net sheets are sensitively written and deal with a variety of specific issues. They are suitable for people facing challenging circumstances, and those supporting them.

Family life

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Computer games: how to help your kids play safely
What can parents do if their child is continually asking them for the latest video game, or most of their free time is spent playing computer games?
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Money, debt and family life
Many families see the effect of financial difficulty and debt – in fact, relationships experts reckon arguments about money are one of the major areas of disagreement for couples.
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Internet safety tips for parents
The internet can be a source of concern for many parents. Media scare stories literally terrify some parents. And it doesn’t help that our kids often know more about the ‘net than we do!
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Christmas - how you can make the most of it
We all know how Christmas is supposed to be – children in tea-towels in the nativity play, snow on the ground, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, the family all gathered around the tree opening presents...
/pdf/supportnet/SN-CaringForElderlyRelatives.pdf
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Caring for elderly relatives
Caring for an elderly relative is an incredibly emotional and difficult issue that almost every family faces, or will face in the future.
/pdf/supportnet/EFI10.pdf
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Adoption
Encouragement for those in the long process of becoming a family.
/pdf/supportnet/SN-Grandparenting.pdf
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Grandparenting
Making the most of the special role of being a grandparent.
/pdf/supportnet/EFI1.pdf
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To work or not to work
The choice parents face between staying at home or going out to work.

Divorce recovery

/pdf/supportnet/TheEndofaMarriage.pdf
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The end of a marriage
No one ever expects to be divorced or separated, so these insights may help you cope with the unexpected twists and turns of life when a marriage ends.
/pdf/supportnet/MovingonfromDivorce.pdf
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Moving on from divorce
How do you put the pieces of your life together again after one of the toughest experiences you will ever face?

Coping with illness

/pdf/supportnet/EFI7.pdf
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Living with serious illness
When a parent is ill, family life can be turned upside down.
/pdf/supportnet/EFI4.pdf
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Postnatal depression
An ‘invisible struggle’ affecting one in five women.

Eating disorders

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When food begins to rule your life
Eating disorders are more than just a preoccupation with food and weight – they can often exert far more control over a person’s life. But it is possible to beat them. Here is an introduction to eating disorders.
/pdf/supportnet/WhatIsHealthyEating.pdf
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What is real healthy eating?
Advice for parents worried that their children may be developing an eating disorder.
/pdf/supportnet/RecoveringfromEatingDisorder.pdf
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Recovering from an eating disorder
Eating disorders are fast becoming one of the most common mental health problems to affect people in the UK, but recovery is possible.
/pdf/supportnet/Parentswitheatingdisorders.pdf
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Parents with eating problems
It is crucial that parents pass on good eating habits to their children in order to prevent eating problems developing – here are some important insights.

Bereavement and loss

/pdf/supportnet/EFI8.pdf
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Infertility
Support for childless couples as they cope with their lost hopes and dreams.
/pdf/supportnet/EFI5.pdf
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Miscarriage
Grieving a loss that is widely misunderstood or ignored.
/pdf/supportnet/EFI-TheLossofaChild.pdf
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The loss of a child: a parent's grief
Support for grieving parents from those who have previously trodden this difficult path.
/pdf/supportnet/EFI2.pdf
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The loss of a child
Finding hope after the death of a child.
/pdf/supportnet/EFIUnderstandingBereavement.pdf
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Understanding bereavement
Looking at the practical and emotional issues when someone close to you dies.

Single parenting

/pdf/supportnet/SN-SingleParentsEmotions.pdf
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Emotional rescue - coping with emotions as a single parent
For most people, becoming a single parent was not their choice. Therefore when it happens they’re left feeling overwhelmed by emotions.
/pdf/supportnet/EFI-SingleParents.pdf
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Supporting single parents
Increasing understanding and support for those who manage so well, often in very difficult circumstances.

Stepfamily life

/pdf/supportnet/SN-InsightsIntoStepfamilyLife.pdf
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Insights into stepfamily life
Equipping you to support stepfamilies.
/pdf/supportnet/EFI3.pdf
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Step-parenting
Building good and lasting relationships within your stepfamily.

 

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