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Stepfamily house rules and boundaries
House rules and boundaries advice for new stepfamilies
Stepfamily living arrangements
Advice if you are looking to live together
When you become a stepfamily
Read our advice if you are coming together as a stepfamily
Who is my real parent?
Talking to your child about their biological parent
Building resilience in children and teens
Helping children to build resilience
Anxiety in young children
How to help your child manage their feelings
Building your child’s self-esteem
Helping your child build their self-esteem
Helping your child cope with traumatic events
Helping your child manage traumatic events
How to keep a work-life balance
Helping you manage your work-life balance
Looking after yourself
Read our tips on making time for yourself
Dealing with parental anxiety
Advice to help you manage your anxious feelings
Wellbeing strategies for children and teens
Strategies to help boost your child’s wellbeing
Relationship problems
Are you having issues in your relationship?
Splitting up or staying together
Read more about how mediation can help you and your family
Top 10 tips for a happier family
How to have a happier family, from communicating well, boundaries and spending quality time together
Absent parents
Supporting your child when parenting alone
Advice on becoming a single parent
Single parent advice on financial support and tips on parenting alone
Being both parents
Advice on being both parents when parenting alone
Having a life too
How to make time for yourself and have a life too
Contacting social services for support with your child
What to expect if you contact social services for support
When your child is taken into care
Advice when your child is taken into care
Dads who have children at risk or in care
Advice for dads with children in the care system
Maintaining contact with your child in care
Maintaining contact with your child in care
Section 47 Enquiries
Advice on what to expect with Section 47 enquiry
When social services are involved with your family
Advice if social services are involved with your family
Adopting stepchildren
A guide on the process of adopting stepchildren
Getting to know your stepchild
How to build relationships with stepchildren
Grandparents and stepfamilies
The role of grandparents in stepfamilies
Inheritance and stepfamilies
Read our advice on inheritance and stepfamilies
New baby in a stepfamily
Advice on a new baby in a stepfamily
Resolving arguments in a stepfamily
Managing conflict in your blended family
Stepfamilies – moving in together
Advice if you are thinking of moving in together
Kinship care
Advice on kinship care and your rights
Residence orders
Advice to help you understand what a residence order is
Special guardianship orders
Understanding a special guardianship order
What is fostering
Advice if you are thinking of fostering
Parenting children with disabilities
Read our advice on parenting a child with disabilities
Fun things to try with disabled children
Advice on fun things to do with children with special needs
Understanding low demand parenting
How to approach low demand parenting
Managing change and transition in neurodivergent children
Supporting your neurodivergent child with change
Puberty and disabled teens
Advice for parents on navigating puberty
Sleep tips for parents with disabled children
Read our parent to parent tips
What are special educational needs
Understanding special educational needs
How to cope if a parent goes to prison
Advice fwhen a parent goes to prison
Parenting in same sex relationships
Advice for LGBTQ parents
Parenting when you have a mental health condition
Advice for parents struggling with mental health
Parenting with a gambling addiction
Advice on parenting with a gambling addiction
Parenting with an addiction
Read our advice on parenting with an addiction
Where can young parents go for support?
Find out what support is available for young parents
Abusive relationships
What to do if you are in an abusive relationship
Common law marriage
Understanding the myth of common law marriage
Empty nest syndrome
Support when your teenager leaves home
Living with teens
Advice on living happily with teens
Bonding with your teen
Advice on spending quality time with your teen
A parent’s guide to mobile phones
Advice on giving your child a phone
Christmas on a budget
How to do a family Christmas on a budget
Coping with bereavement
Advice on coping with bereavement
Family routines
How to establish positive family routines
Grown up and living at home
Advice if grown up child is living at home
Keeping the kids occupied on a budget
How to have fun with kids on a budget
Making chores fun
Advice for getting children to help out with chores
Supporting your child’s cultural heritage
Find out how to help your child connect to their culture
Talking to your child about sex
Advice on how to talk about sex to your children
Adopting a child
Find out who can adopt and what you need to do
Adoption support
Adoption support for parents and carers
Contacting birth parents
Helping your child to trace their birth parents
Telling your child they’re adopted
Our advice can help you have this necessary conversation
If your child is being adopted
Advice if your child is being adopted
Teens and homework
Supporting your child with their homework
School avoidance and anxiety
How to support your child’s school anxiety
School truancy
Advice on truancy, the law and support
Next steps after exams
Choosing next steps after exams
Teenage relationship abuse
Advice if your worried about your teen
Supporting your LGBTQ+ teen
Read our advice on supporting your child if they are LGBTQ
Teens and healthy relationships
Helping your teen understand what is a healthy relationship
Talking to your teenager about pornography
Advice on how to talk to your teenager
Teens and sexting
Advice on the impact of sexting on teens
Talking to teens about consent
How to talk to your teen about sexual consent
Talking about sex and relationships with your teen
Talking to your teen about sex to make sure they stay safe
When your teen has a crush
How to support your teen when they are going through this phase
Teenage pregnancy
Advice on supporting your teen if they are pregnant
Your influence on your teen’s attitude to sex and relationships
Adivce on how your attitude can influence your teenager
Going to court with your child
Advice for parents going to court with their child
Teens and gangs
Learn how to recognise if your child is part of a gang
What is a parenting order?
Understanding what is a Parenting Order
What to do if your teen gets arrested
Find out what to do if your teenager gets arrested
Protecting teens from radicalisation
Advice if your teen is at risk of extremism or radicalisation
Teen in trouble with the law
Find out more about young people and the law
Body image
Advice for parents on understanding the impact of body image and how to help promote a healthy body image
Eating disorders
Understanding eating disorders and finding support
Peer pressure
Advice on how peer pressure impacts on teenagers
Self harm
Advice if you are worried your teen is self-harming
Teenage depression
Advice if your teen has depression
Teenagers and sleep
Understanding your teen’s body clock and sleep
Teens and piercings
Advice if your teen is asking for a piercing
Runaway teens
Advice on what you can do if you’re worried your teen might run away
Digital footprints
How digital footprints can affect an online reputation
Gaming
Advice for parents if you are worried your child’s gaming
Helping your teen stay safe online
Online safety is essential as access to the internet means that information is just a click away
Parents’ guide to social media and apps
Social media apps guide for parents
Understanding chat rooms
Advice on how to help teens stay safe in online chat rooms
Teenagers and technology
How technology can help teens to learn and socialise but also how parents need to help them do this
Impact of social media on teens’ mental health
Understanding the impact of social media on teens’ mental health
Choosing school subjects
Support your teen’s career aspirations
Teens and exam results
Advice on supporting your child during exam results
Exam stress
Supporting your teen during exam season
Helping your teen get ready for university
Advice if your teen is going to uni
Career choices for teens
Helping your teen make career choices
Appeal a school offer – Part three
Read part three of our appeals advice
Appeal a school offer – Part four
Read our the final part of our appeals advice
Sex education
Find out about sex and relationship education
Starting primary school
Helping your child’s transition into primary school
Starting secondary school
Supporting your child as they start secondary school
Support at school
Find out how to best support your child at school
Dealing with anger in teenagers
Dealing with anger in teenagers advice for parents
Setting boundaries for teens
Advice to help you set boundaries for teenagers
Teen violence at home
When teenage anger turns to violence and aggression
Teens and risk-taking
Tips on talking with your teen to help keep them safe
What to do if your teen is lying to you or stealing
Find out why your teenager might be lying to you or stealing
A-Z guide to drugs
Illegal drugs guide for parents
Drugs – what are the signs?
Spotting the signs if you suspect your teen is taking drugs
Teens and drugs: Real life stories
Read real life stories about teens taking drugs
Talking to teens about drugs
Find out how to talk to your teens about drugs
Underage drinking
When and how do you get talking about alcohol?
Older baby sleep advice
Advice if your baby is not sleeping through the night
Newborn sleep advice
How much sleep your new baby needs
Dealing with challenging behaviour
How to deal with challenging behaviour from your child
Dealing with pester power
Learn how to manage your child’s demands
Positive behaviour
Learn strategies that help with positive boundaries
Sibling rivalry
Are your children are arguing constantly?
Stealing and lying
Advice if your child has been lying or stealing
Violence in schools
Understanding the impact of school violence
Bedwetting
Getting support on managing bedwetting
How to help your child if they are overweight
Worried about your child’s weight gain?
Keeping your child safe
Tips to help keep your child safe
Children and sleepovers
Advice if your child is having a sleepover
Helping your child develop social skills
Supporting your child’s social skills
Understanding puberty
Supporting your child during puberty
School routine
A positive school routine can minimise stress
Home schooling your child
Read our advice if you are thinking of home schooling your child
Issues at school
Supporting your child if there are issues at school
Appeal a school offer – Part one
Read our appeals advice – part one
Appeal a school offer – Part two
Read part two of our appeals advice
Video: Row Your Boat
Sing with your baby with our guided video
Video: Wheels On The Bus
Sing with your baby with our guided video
Advice for dads to be
Find out how life will change once you become a dad
Dads and postnatal depression
Read our advice for dads and postnatal depression
Pregnancy guide for dads
Pregnancy guide for dads including advice on antenatal appointments, birth plans and labour
Babies and food allergies
Advice on food allergies in babies for parents
How to breastfeed
Read our tips on breastfeeding
Baby-led weaning
Advice for parents on when and how to wean your baby
Weaning foods to try and foods to avoid
Foods to try when weaning and what to avoid
Bonding with your baby
How to develop a bond with your new baby
Should you use cry it out?
Should you let a baby cry it out?
Postnatal depression
Find out more about post-natal depression and getting support
Teething in babies
Teething advice for parents
Returning to work after maternity leave
Going back to work after having a baby
Coping with a miscarriage
Advice and support about coping with a miscarriage
Pregnant with twins
If you’re pregnant with twins or multiples read our advice
Premature birth and premature babies
Advice on premature birth and babies
Preparing for pregnancy
If you have just found out that you are pregnant, you may be feeling an array of emotions
Safe sleep for babies
Advice to help your baby sleep safely
How your child develops
Helping your child grow and develop
Video: Creative, imaginative and messy play
Watch our video on creative, imaginative and messy play
Speech and language development
A journey to developing speech and language
Video: Helping your child play
Watch our video on helping your child play
Creating a dad bond
Tips and advice for dads written by Daddilife
Video: How play can help child development
Watch our video to find out how play can help with child development
Video: Outdoor play
Watch our video on the benefits of outdoor play
Play ideas and games
There are lots of games you can play with your baby or toddler to help them learn and develop
Reading with toddlers and pre-schoolers
Sharing stories and encouraging imagination
School readiness
Tips and advice to help your child be ready for school
Why play matters
The importance of how children learn through play
Video: Ainsi Font Font Font
Sing with your baby with our guided video
Video: Animals song
Sing with your baby with our guided video
Video: Ghanaian Song
Sing with your baby with our guided video
Video: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Sing with your baby with our guided video
Video: Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
Sing with your baby with our guided video
Video: If You’re Happy and You Know It
Sing with your baby with our guided video
Video: Incy Wincy Spider
Sing with your baby with our guided video
Video: Old Macdonald Had a Farm
Sing with your baby with our guided video
Video: Pat a Cake
Sing with your baby with our guided video
Parental responsibility
Understanding parental responsibility
Keeping to your contact arrangements
Advice on contact with your child
What is co-parenting?
Understanding what is shared parenting
Contact with the other parent
Advice on contact with your ex-partner
Coping in the early days
Coping with divorce or separation in the early days
Coping with stress and depression
Advice on dealing with stress and depression during a divorce or separation
Finding support during divorce or separation
Finding support to help you during a separation
Getting counselling during a divorce or separation
Advice on counselling during a divorce or separation
Legal advice if you are getting a divorce
Guidance on the divorce process and finding legal advice
Paternity tests
Advice on why you might want to get one and the steps to take
Changing a child’s name
Guidance on changing a child’s surname
Helping children through a divorce or separation
Talking to your children about the divorce or separation
Aggressive behaviour in toddlers
Challenging behaviour from your toddler
Managing sibling jealousy
How to prepare your child for their new sibling
Setting boundaries for toddlers
How to set boundaries for young children
Dealing with tantrums
Advice on dealing with temper tantrums
Toddler always misbehaving
Dealing with challenging behaviour in toddlers
Coping with fussy eaters
Advice if your toddler is a fussy eater
Healthy eating for toddlers
Helping your young child to have a positive experience with food
Advice if your disabled child is bullied
Read our advice if your disabled child is being bullied
Bullying and mental health
Read more about bullying affects mental health
Bullying at university
Advice if you are being bullied at university
Bullying myths and facts
Understanding the myths around bullying
Overcoming bullying
Overcoming bullying and leaving the scars behind
Social bullying
Understanding the impact of social bullying
Verbal bullying
What steps you can take if you are being bullied
What is bullying
Understanding what is bullying and the signs
Homophobic bullying
Read our advice about homophobic bullying
Sexualised bullying and harassment
Find out how to deal with sexualised bullying and harassment
Racist bullying
Understanding how to deal with racist bullying
Coping as a non-resident parent
Coping when you no longer live with your children
Child maintenance
Guidance on child maintenance for separated parents
Contact with your child this christmas
Guidance on organising contact with your child this Christmas
Coping with Christmas when separated
Coping with festive holidays when separated
Creating a co-parenting plan after a separation
Find out how to create a co-parenting plan
Making child arrangements
Arranging contact to see your children
Coping with school holidays when separated
Advice on how to co-parent during school holidays
Parental alienating behaviours after separation
Advice on parental alienating behaviours
Bullying at academies
What parents need to know about bullying at academies
Private and independent schools
Read our advice if the bullying is in a private or independent school
What to do if the school doesn’t resolve the bullying
Find out what your next steps are if the bullying hasn’t stopped
Bullying at work
Find out about your rights if your are being bullied at work
Five tips if you are being bullied at work
Our top five tips to help you deal with workplace bullying
Effect of bullying on your family life
How bullying can impact your family life
Myths and stereotypes about workplace bullying
Read the myths and facts around workplace bullying
Putting your complaint into words
Advice to help you write a complaint about workplace bullying
Recovering from workplace bullying
Our advice can help you recover from bullying at work
Relational bullying at work
Social bullying at work can be very harmful and damaging
Serial bullies in the workplace
Understanding the serial bully in the workplace
Signs of workplace bullying
Spotting the signs if you are being bullied at work
Traits of the serial bully
Find out what are the common traits of the bully
What can I do to tackle bullying at work?
How to take action if you are being bullied at work
Workplace bullying and your emotional health
How workplace bullying can impact on your emotional health
Effects of cyberbullying
Learn more about the impact of online bullying
Dealing with cyberbullying
How to deal with cyberbullying and get support
What is cyber bullying
Advice on how to protect yourself from online bullying
Bullying on social networks
Advice if you are worried about social network bullying
Bullying in sports clubs
Spotting the signs of bullying in sports clubs
Bullying and suicidal feelings
Read our supportive advice if you are worried about your child
How bullying affects children
How bullying can impact every aspect of a child’s life
Spotting the signs your child is being bullied
Spotting the signs of bullying in children
How to talk to your child about bullying
Talking to your child can help them open up
Bullying out of school hours
How to support a child who is being bullied outside of school
What to do if your child is a bully
It can be difficult to find out if your child has been bullying others
If your child is being bullied
How to help your child if they are being bullied
Why children bully
Understanding how and why a child is bullying can be key in helping to stop the bullying
Anti bullying week resources
Download our free anti bullying week assembly presentations, posters, flashcards and more
Anti bullying week videos
Watch our anti-bullying week videos
Dealing with bullying in school
Dealing with bullying in school
Anti bullying week posters
Download our free posters and help stand up to bullying
Talking to your child about bullying
Tips on talking to your child
Contacting your child’s school about bullying
Read our advice on contacting the school about bullying
Making a complaint to school
Read our guidance on making a complaint to the school about the bullying
Anti Bullying Policy
Understanding what is an anti bullying policy
Asking to see your child’s school record
How to approach the school to request a copy of school records
Bullied by a teacher
How to tackle bullying from teaching staff
Moving school
Supporting your child if they want to change schools
Taking time off school because of bullying
Supporting your child if they have taken time away from school
Parenting neurodivergent and disabled children
Advice for parents of neurodivergent and disabled children
Young people and the law
Advice if your teen is in trouble with the law
Primary age: Behaviour
Advice on your child’s behaviour during this age and stage
Primary age: Health and development
Advice on supporting your child’s health and development
Primary age: Learning and school
Advice on supporting your child in their school life
Becoming a dad
Advice for new dads and dads to be
Feeding your baby
Advice and guidance on feeding your baby
Baby health and development
Advice and guidance on pregnancy and becoming a new parent
Pregnancy and birth
Advice and guidance on pregnancy and becoming a new parent
Baby sleep
Advice and guidance on your baby’s sleep
Toddler and pre-schooler behaviour
Advice and guidance on your toddler’s behaviour
Early years: Health and development
Advice on parenting toddlers and pre-school aged children
Early years: Learning and play
How play can help your child develop essential skills
Singing with your baby
Watch our guided videos on singing with your baby
Bullying
Advice on bullying at school, online or within the workplace
Divorce and separation
Supportive advice if you are experiencing a divorce or separation
Parenting toddlers and pre-schoolers
Advice on all aspects of parenting early years aged children
Pregnancy and baby
Advice on all aspects of pregnancy and becoming a new parent
Primary
Advice on parenting primary aged children
Teenagers
Advice on parenting teenagers
Your family
Advice on all aspects of family life